One man dead, another injured during separate Fourth of July firework incidents in Suffolk County
A 37-year-old Central Islip man died after lighting a firework during a backyard celebration on Saturday night.
One person was killed and another seriously injured in two separate Fourth of July firework incidents in Suffolk County, according to Suffolk County police.
A 37-year-old Central Islip man died after lighting a firework during a backyard celebration on Saturday night. Police said Gabriel Ruiz-Urresto was at a party at his home on East Sycamore St. when he lit a firework that exploded and struck him in the head.
Ruiz-Urresto was pronounced dead at the scene.
In a separate incident, a 45-year-old Fort Salonga man was seriously injured during a Fourth of July celebration at Callahan's Beach.
Police said Jerry DiMucci was lighting a firework at the beach around 9 p.m. when it hit him in the face.
He was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Police are asking anyone with information about either incident to contact detectives.
