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FIRST ON WINK: One-year-old and two-year-old burned when firework shot into car

By WINK News

Story Created: Jul 5, 2008 at 10:36 AM EDT

Story Updated: Jul 6, 2008 at 11:55 AM EDT

FORT MYERS, Fla. - A one-year-old and two-year-old received serious burns late on the Fourth of July from a firework shot into a car. It's a story you first saw on WINK.

Fort Myers Police tell WINK News just before 10:30 in the evening they received a call saying two children were injured by a firework.

It happened near the corner of Maryland Avenue and Dale Street.

The witness say a firework was shot into a vehicle which the one-year old and two-year old were riding.

Police say they are searching for the individual or individuals responsible for the crime.

If you have any information on this crime you are asked to call Crimestoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS.

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