A 13-year-old girl was seriously injured Saturday after picking up a plastic bottle tossed from a passing vehicle, only to have it explode in her hands, according to the Vancouver Police Department.
Police dispatched at 7:40 p.m. to investigate a report of a small explosion near Fort Vancouver Way and East 26th Street in the Rose Village neighborhood discovered the girl suffering from significant injuries to her hands and arm, according to a police statement. She was transported to a hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries.
Investigators learned that a green SUV had been traveling on East 26th Street when someone in the vehicle threw a small plastic bottle onto the ground before the vehicle drove away, according to the statement.
“The child witnessed this (and) went to collect the bottle to discard it when it exploded in her hands,” the statement said.
