Man killed trying to launch firework off head during Fourth of July celebration

By Megan Levy
Updated July 6 2015 - 10:18am, first published 9:22am
Devon Staples, 22, died in a fireworks accident in Maine. Photo: Facebook
Devon Staples, 22, died in a fireworks accident in Maine. Photo: Facebook
Scott Jeffers died in a fireworks accident in Walled Lake, Michigan. Photo: Facebook
Scott Jeffers died in a fireworks accident in Walled Lake, Michigan. Photo: Facebook

A man celebrating the Fourth of July holiday in the US has died after he tried to launch a firework off the top of his head, the second man killed in strikingly similar accidents in the past week, police say.