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"Tape was then wrapped over the top of the metal tubing, inadvertently creating a pipe bomb," the statement read. "Instead of the gunpowder shooting the powder out the top of the stand, the stand exploded sending metal pieces flying."
Pamela Kreimeyer was standing with family members about 45 feet from the device when it exploded and she Newport Pleasure was hit in the head by a piece of shrapnel, "causing instant death," according to the sheriff's office.
"It's believed that the projectile that struck the victim then continued another 144 yards through the air coming to rest in a field," according to the sheriff.A man who answered the phone Sunday at the Kreimeyer home told ABC News that his wife was the woman killed, but declined further comment.
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