Father-to-be, 28, is killed after gender reveal party device he was building in his New York garage EXPLODES
- Christopher Pekny was assembling the unspecified device in the garage of his home in the Catskills town of Liberty when it blew up just before noon Sunday
- Pekny was pronounced dead by state police shortly afterwards
- His 27-year-old brother Michael Pekny was injured and rushed to hospital
- What set off the explosion remained under investigation, police said
- The tragic incident comes just weeks after a man was killed in Michigan when he was struck by shrapnel from a gender reveal cannon at a friend's baby shower
Police say NY man killed by exploding gender reveal device
Christopher Pekny, 28, was assembling the unspecified device in the Catskills town of Liberty when it blew up just before noon on Sunday. His 27-year-old brother Michael was also injured.
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Gender Reveal Device Explodes, Killing Man in Upstate New York (Published 2021)
The explosion in a garage killed Christopher Pekny and injured his brother on Sunday, officials said. Another brother described what happened as “the freakiest of freak accidents.”
www.nytimes.com