FirePower representative critically injured in fireworks accident

A Fire­Pow­er Fire­works rep­re­sen­ta­tive suf­fered third-de­gree burns and was hos­pi­talised in crit­i­cal con­di­tion yes­ter­day af­ter fire­works ac­ci­den­tal­ly dis­charged dur­ing prepa­ra­tions for the In­de­pen­dence Day dis­play at the Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah.

Jen­nifer Cz­erep­ka, 45, from Flori­da, was in the com­pa­ny of Paul Rogers and a third per­son at the Grand Stand, Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah, around 10.45 am, prepar­ing the fire­works for the In­de­pen­dence dis­play, which was card­ed to be­gin at 8 pm

It was re­port­ed that Cz­erep­ka was at­tach­ing an elec­tron­ic match to a fire­work mo­tor hous­ing when it ac­ci­den­tal­ly ig­nit­ed, caus­ing fire­works to dis­charge and ex­plode.