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Old 11-07-2016, 02:55 PM   #1
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Original story said what blew off was the door, where the pumpkins are loaded into the cannon.

Action News story doesn't add much but says

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Spectator David Aronson, 52, of Falls Church, Virginia, said he was about 25 yards behind the cannon when it exploded. He said it had just fired a pumpkin when a piece blew off the launcher that was the size of a car door.

"It arcs down on this woman who is running away as it hits her," he said.

Aronson said the woman appeared motionless as people gathered around her. A short time later, the competition's announcer asked the crowd to pray as she was flown to a hospital. The announcer then said the contest was over, Aronson said.
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Old 11-07-2016, 03:16 PM   #2
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The pictures at the bottom of the first link show what looks like a door laying on the ground next to her.

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