Fireworks blamed for serious Pacific County injury
Published 8:13 pm Friday, July 3, 2026
SOUTH BEND — Fireworks are being implicated in the loss of a person’s hand in South Bend at about 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 3.
The accident marks a difficult start to the first of back-to-back Friday-Saturday celebrations of the nation’s 250th birthday on the south Washington coast.
A 911 call alerted South Bend Police to the “severe injury” on 3rd Street, with the victim screaming in agony.
A tourniquet was applied to staunch the bleeding.
The incident follows a close call Friday morning, when a vessel operator was reported safe after their troller sank offshore from Long Beach.
Additional details about the weekend will be reported as they become available.