04-05-2006, 10:38 PM
This one really wouldn't qualify as a smart one...
VENTURA, Calif. -- A teacher who kept a 40-mm artillery shell on his desk as a paperweight blew off part of his hand when he apparently used the ammunition to try and squash a bug, authorities say.
The 13-cm-long shell exploded Monday while Robert Colla was teaching 25 students at an adult education class.
Part of Colla's right hand was severed and he suffered severe burns and minor shrapnel wounds to his forearms and torso, fire Capt. Tom Weinell said.
No one else was injured.
He was reported in stable condition at a hospital.
VENTURA, Calif. -- A teacher who kept a 40-mm artillery shell on his desk as a paperweight blew off part of his hand when he apparently used the ammunition to try and squash a bug, authorities say.
The 13-cm-long shell exploded Monday while Robert Colla was teaching 25 students at an adult education class.
Part of Colla's right hand was severed and he suffered severe burns and minor shrapnel wounds to his forearms and torso, fire Capt. Tom Weinell said.
No one else was injured.
He was reported in stable condition at a hospital.
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