Specialists called to investigate fireworks accident

MONTICELLO – A team of state investigators gathered at Lodge Park near Monticello on Friday afternoon after stray shells from a fireworks display landed in a crowd the previous evening.

Piatt County Sheriff's Department Sergeant J. D. Russell said about four shells branched off from one firework during Thursday's annual show in Monticello.

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