Lottery winner's meth-fueled celebration ends in explosion
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - One of two south-central Kansas brothers whose drug-fueled celebration of winning $75,000 in the lottery that resulted in an explosion in their duplex has been released from a hospital.
The Wichita man suffered second-degree burns to his hands, arms and chest Friday night after he refueled butane torches that he and his brother planned to use to smoke drugs.
A woman at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital on Monday said the burn victim had been released, but she didn't have further details.
The other brother told police Friday they had purchased marijuana and methamphetamine to celebrate their lottery win.
He was arrested, but details about charges were not available Monday because of the President's Day holiday.
The Wichita man suffered second-degree burns to his hands, arms and chest Friday night after he refueled butane torches that he and his brother planned to use to smoke drugs.
A woman at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital on Monday said the burn victim had been released, but she didn't have further details.
The other brother told police Friday they had purchased marijuana and methamphetamine to celebrate their lottery win.
He was arrested, but details about charges were not available Monday because of the President's Day holiday.
You just can't fix stupid.
@I812Â But you can Blow it Up!
Just shows the lottery really is a tax on stupid people.
Guess being a lottery winner doesn't necessarily make one less of a loser.
As I've said many times before, stupidity should be painful and in this case, it is.
Now that's the way to go out with a bang!!
What a waste.Â
I'd rather their lottery earnings go to medical and home repair bills than more meth. So, I guess this is kind of a good thing.
@Morticae Â
Except that they probably won't use that money to pay their hospital bills, because they already blew it buying shoes for the homeless, bibles for orphans, new roofs for their sick aunties, etc.
Nuts! No Darwin Award!
Lottery does good things
Best headline EVER.
Well, burn treatments will probably be more than the winnings.
Jesus. If I had an extra $75,000 I could finally begin realizing my dream of escaping the grid and living a simple, peaceful life on a modest stretch of arable land.
How many disposable lighters could these geniuses have bought with $75,000? I'm guessing somewhere in the ballpark of seventy-five thousand.
"He was arrested, but details about charges were not available Monday because of the President's Day holiday."
 Abe Lincoln was a tweeker?
@Kushfan Â
Naw, he was doing pain killers.
George Washington was the tweeker..
The cost for the hospital was.....you guessed it....$75,000.
@RalphCramden Don't forget the cost of the duplex... ;)