Kossuth County man dead after fireworks accident

WHITTEMORE — A man is dead after a fireworks accident in Kossuth County on Tuesday night.

The Kossuth County Sheriff’s Department says they received a call at about 9:10 PM on Tuesday of a fireworks accident in Whittemore at the corner of 5th Street and Kossuth Avenue. It was reported that a male subject was unconscious and had received injuries while shooting off fireworks when he was holding a launcher tube while lighting the fireworks.

33-year-old Patrick Prentice of Whittemore was transported to Kossuth Regional Health Center in Algona where he was pronounced dead. The State Medical Examiner’s Office will be conducting an autopsy.