A Paisley dad who is lucky to still be alive after being hit by a firework is calling for a complete ban on the sale of them to members of the public.
Johnpaul Garvie was struck on the leg by a stray pyrotechnic and spent more than a week in hospital having skin grafted onto the severely-burned area. The 40-year-old had been enjoying Hogmanay with some friends when they decided to let off a few fireworks on the green space by Findhorn Avenue in the Foxbar area to bring in the new year.
“The first one went up fine but the second one shot directly towards me,” he told the Paisley Daily Express. “I tried to get out of the road of it but it hit me in my leg and stuck there and exploded. It blew my joggers and my boxers to pieces.
