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LIBERTY — State Police said a planned gender reveal party gone wrong in this Sullivan County community killed a man and injured his brother.State Police were called to a home on Lt. JG Brender Highway for a reported explosion on Sunday. Police said Christopher Pekny, 28, was building a device for a gender reveal party when it exploded. The explosion killed Pekny and injured his brother Michael Pekny, 27. He was taken to Garnet Medical Center in Middletown for treatment.The Times Herald-Record that the man killed was the father-to-be.The State Police and its bomb disposal unit are investigating the incident.At least two other people have died in recent years from the use of explosives at gender reveal parties. The explosions typically are used to shoot off either blue or pink powder to indicate the gender of an expectant child.In early February, gunpowder inside a cannon used at exploded, launching shrapnel into the air and killing one man.In October 2019, a woman in Iowa died during a gender reveal announcement .In September, wildfires that destroyed thousands of acres in California were linked to a firework also used at a gender reveal party.Lauren Stanforth contributed to this report.

LIBERTY — State Police said a planned gender reveal party gone wrong in this Sullivan County community killed a man and injured his brother.State Police were called to a home on Lt. JG Brender Highway for a reported explosion on Sunday. Police said Christopher Pekny, 28, was building a device for a gender reveal party when it exploded. The explosion killed Pekny and injured his brother Michael Pekny, 27. He was taken to Garnet Medical Center in Middletown for treatment.The Times Herald-Record that the man killed was the father-to-be.The State Police and its bomb disposal unit are...

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