As Americans celebrated the Fourth of July holiday weekend with parties and fireworks, authorities said an eastern Iowa woman was killed when a homemade cannon exploded at a backyard gathering. Greeley is about 80 miles north of Iowa City. Heims was taken to a hospital in Manchester before being flown to Iowa City, but doctors were unable to save her. The Delaware County sheriff’s department said Heims was injured at the gathering with friends in Greeley around 11.40pm on Saturday. Related: Central Park firework that injured man was an 'explosive experiment'Davenport television station KWQC-TV reported that 55-year-old Lori L Heims of Edgewood was flown to an Iowa City hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Source: The Guardian July 04, 2016 17:48 UTC