and to think this happened where I live,
Dumbass;s
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Teen Badly Burned in Fire Stunt
(Greenwood) -- A teenager is in a drug-induced coma. Thomas Jefferson, 15, is clinging to life on a ventilator following a harrowing ordeal.
Authorities say it happened in front of a home in the 4300 block of Mahogany Drive in Greenwood on July 5th.
"[A friend] goes and gets the gasoline, the victim takes his shirt off, he pours the gasoline on the shirt, the victim puts his shirt back on and his other friend lights him on fire, explained Eric Brown, White River Township Fire Marshal
Authorities say that happened after Jefferson and two friends ran out of fireworks and decided to try to light each other's clothes on fire. Jefferson was engulfed in flames from his head to his waist.
"I would never have imagined something like this to happen. I mean things go on in different neighborhoods, but not that. They're old enough to know better, said neighbor Michelle Cordray.
Added fellow neighbor Scott Moore "At 10:30 they were throwing firecrackers at each other beside my house and I told them they need to get home and then ten minutes later I see an ambulance show up.
In short, authorities call it a stunt gone terribly wrong -- a horrible lesson about the dangers of fire.
"It was a weapon. It may not have been intentional, but it doesn't make it right. It still occurred, said brown.
Brown says that the other teens -- Austin Hart and Tyler Lockwood -- face charges of felony arson, aggravated assault and criminal wrecklessness. They have a preliminary hearing the second week in august in Johnson County.
Meantime, Jefferson, who was severely burned, is expected to remain in a drug-induced coma for the next couple of weeks in riley hospital.
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I dont think the kids should be charged with assault or arson. the "vitim" did this volatarly, he was the biggest moron of the 3,
I can see the wrecklessness Charge but not the other 2
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