Boy Seriously Injured Playing With Fireworks In Dorchester Home, Police Say
BOSTON (CBS) -- A 10-year-old boy's hand was seriously injured Saturday night in his Dorchester home, police said.
Police responded to the second floor apartment on Talbot Ave. shortly before 9:30p.m. Police were initially told by those in the apartment that a microwave blew up. They disproved that story and instead believe the boy may have been playing with fireworks.
Police say a parent was home at the time the incident occurred.
The boy was taken to Children's Hospital. No word on the extent of his injuries.