The 56-year-old woman died at the scene.
A Knoxville, Iowa woman lost her life over the weekend after a botched “gender reveal” caused an explosion. The 56-year-old woman was attending the party to find out a baby’s sex,After her death, an investigation revealed the incredibly sad news that “a gender reveal announcement resulted in the explosion” that sent a piece of debris flying, ultimately hitting the woman and killing her.
“I’m sure no one thought that this could end tragically, I mean, who would’ve thought?” says retired pastor and Knoxville resident Gary Roseboom. “My heart just sank for the family,” he says. “It’s something that’s supposed to be fun and exciting and you have your family there and then, wow. In an instant, everything changed.”
Sadly, this isn’t the first time the celebratory revealing of a baby’s sex went tragically wrong, but it may be the first time it ended in a person’s death. In 2017,ended in a 47,000-acre wildfire — the famed Sawmill Fire — after a dad-to-be used a high-powered rifle to fire at a target that had been packed with a highly explosive substance called Tannerite.
There have been other risky sex reveals over the last few years that fortunately didn’t end in injury or death, but possibly could have. The time a couplewith the news they were expecting a baby boy comes to mind. Though it’s worth noting that both parents in this case are actually trained alligator handlers, it doesn’t make it any easier to watch the heart-pounding video of Dad getting very close to a gator’s jaws.
It seems some folks will go to great lengths to get that social media-worthy moment when it comes to sharing their baby’s sex, but a sad story like this should serve as a reminder to use caution and keep the safety of everyone in mind when it comes to choosing a method to reveal the news.
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