Staples was celebrating the 4th of July with friends in Maine on Saturday night when he allegedly put a fireworks mortar tube on top of his head and set it off. The firework exploded, killing him ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former Disney World performer Devon Staples died Saturday in a fireworks mishap during a Fourth of July celebration in Calais, ...

Devon Staples always wanted to make people happy, said those who knew him, but on Independence Day that special quality cost him his life. The 22 year-old died in a freak fireworks accident during a ...

CALAIS, Maine — Authorities said a 22-year-old man died after he launched a firework off the top of his head on Saturday night. WCSH reported that 22-year-old Devon Staples and his friends were ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Reuters) - A Maine man died during a Fourth of July celebration on Saturday night when he tried to launch a firework from the top ...

Those close to Devon Staples, who died when he lit fireworks on his head on the Fourth of July, said Monday that the young man probably didn’t know what he was doing. They speculated that he lit the ...

The mother of Devon Staples, the 22 year-old former Disney performer who died on July 4 after attempting to launch a firework off his head, is advocating for stricter controls on explosives saying the ...

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CALAIS, Maine-- Kathleen Staples says she wishes she could've been there to protect her 22-year-old son, Devon, on the night of the Fourth of July, CBS Boston reports. Devon Staples had been drinking ...