Michigan man injured by exploding mortar in lap

QUINCY, Mich. (WOOD) — A man is in the hospital after a mortar exploded in his lap.

The incident happened around 8:20 p.m. Monday at a set of apartments on West Chicago Street near Arnold Street in the Branch County village of Quincy.

Quincy Police Chief Jeremy Burch confirmed the 25-year-old man from Jonesville was holding a mortar round tube in his lap when the mortar was loaded and lit.

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