Fireworks Display Error Injures Dozens Last Night

WFTV.com is reporting that the fireworks accident that occured last night during the closing of Wrestlemania 24 injured approximately 40 people and sent 3 people to the hospital in ambulances.

The mishap occured at the end of the Edge vs. Undertaker bout when a string of fireworks came lose sending the fireworks into one of the top sections of the crowd. None of the injuries are serious according to the Orlando Fire Department.

One victim described what happened: "It felt like a whip. I have a welt on my neck," said victim Barbara Vetere. "Like a baseball bat hit me. It was horrible. Horrible."

"You can see the marks on a few people where hot wires crossed and fireworks touched them," said Asst. Chief Greg Hoggatt, of the Orlando Fire Department.

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