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Grenade Explosion Injuries Three In Jay Sunday
September 15, 2008
(Updated 9:00 a.m.)Three men in Jay were injured Sunday afternoon in what authorities say was a grenade explosion.
The incident happened about 4:00 Sunday afternoon on Nowling Road in just south of Jay.
Authorities say three men took the grenade out of a pickup truck toobox. Johnny Bruce Pyles, 29, pulled the pin, causing it to explode in his hands. James E. Grice, 37, and Zachary Talbot, 26, were standing nearby and were also injured in the explosion.
Pyles was transported to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola by LifeFlight with serious injuries. Grice and Talbot were taken by ambulance to Jay Hospital and later tranferred to another hospital.
The Jay Volunteer Fire Department, the Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Department, the state ATF, the state Fire Marshal and military officials all responded to the scene.
It was not immediately known where the men obtained the grenade or why they would have moved it and pulled the pin.
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One Response to “Grenade Explosion Injuries Three In Jay Sunday”
What do you do when a guy from Jay throws a pin at you?
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Run away, he’s still got the grenade in his hand……
Seriously, what was he thinking? Any more details, anyone?