Fireworks accident victim dies
A 20-year-old San Diego man severely burned in a fireworks accident in Lake Elsinore on Friday evening, Aug. 1, has died, the Riverside County coroner confirmed.
William Calabrese died at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton at 8:10 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 2., said a deputy coroner who would not give her name. The cause of death was official under investigation, but Calabrese had suffered burns over 90 percent of his body in the accident, which burned two other people, including a Cal/Fire Riverside County fire inspector.
Cal Fire spokeswoman Jody Hagemann confirmed that fireworks were involved in the incident. She said Saturday, Sept. 1, by phone that the agency had no new information about the cause of the accident.
The three were preparing a fireworks show for the Lake Elsinore Storm minor league baseball game. There was an explosion that burned a truck that may have been carrying the fireworks and injured the three.
Just before 5 p.m. Friday, the Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department received a report of a vehicle on fire in the 500 block of South Diamond Drive near or at the home stadium of the Lake Elsinore Storm baseball team, said Melody Hendrickson, a spokeswoman for the Fire Department, in a news release.
One person was flown by helicopter to the hospital, Hendrickson said. The other two, including the fire inspector, suffered minor burns and were taken by ambulance.
An employee of the Lake Elsinore Storm baseball team who did not give his name referred all calls to the fire department.
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