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two males were on a pontoon boat on Somerset Lake setting off fireworks when an unexpected malfunction occurred. Authorities believe that multiple fireworks ignited simultaneously, causing a violent explosion aboard the vessel. One of the individuals on the boat was pronounced dead at the scene due to injuries sustained in the explosion. The second male was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries....

Deputies determined that a juvenile female, who will not be named due to her age, was operating a black UTV attempting to cross State Route 5 in a southerly direction, when due to driver inexperience, and failure to yield the right of way, the juvenile entered the roadway causing a White Acura traveling westbound on State Route 5, operated by Hironmia Burnett (50) of Clinton, to strike the driver side of the UTV.

Upon their arrival and subsequent to an investigation, it was determined that Robert Bartle (28) of Yorkville had set the fire to his grandparent’s camper...