asking for the public\u2019s help <\/a>said Turner was walking on a section of the beach near Crescent City with his girlfriend, Pamela, \u00a0\u201cpicking up firework trash to help keep the area clean.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\nHe then spotted a \u201cbomb-like\u201d device and picked it up. The object exploded, injuring him. <\/p>\n
The police were called, who spotted him severely injured, but in a conscious state, with his girlfriend unharmed. He was transported to the Sutter Coast Hospital in Crescent City.<\/p>\n
The Del Norte County Sheriff\u2019s Office believes the object was a homemade firework, about six inches long, that was left on the beach.<\/p>\n
His family said the explosion turned \u201cwhat should have been a simple act of kindness into a life-changing emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n
They\u2019re asking for $40,000 to help cover his medical bills and other associated expenses. GoFundMe<\/p>\n
Kind onlookers have donated about $23,000 so far. GoFundMe<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery bit of support will help ease the burden and allow Jason to focus on healing,\u201d they added. GoFundMe<\/p>\n
They\u2019re asking for $40,000 to help cover his medical bills and other associated expenses.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis sudden accident has brought a wave of challenges for Jason\u2019s family. He will be out of work for some time. The road to recovery will be long and difficult, with many unexpected expenses along the way,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n
Kind onlookers have donated about $23,000 so far.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery bit of support will help ease the burden and allow Jason to focus on healing,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n
The beach explosion was not the only bizarre accident with a firework in recent months.<\/p>\n
An 18-year-old teenager lost his hand while playing with a firework outside a\u00a0California In-N-Out Burger<\/a> on June 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Northern California man made a life-changing discovery while cleaning up Fourth of July beach debris. The man,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,35022,4035,91344,4182,3586],"class_list":["post-390999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-explosions","tag-fireworks","tag-fourth-of-july","tag-metro","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}