Boy Scout Leader Rocket

Model Rocket Launch

Boy Scout leader killed by model rocket - Annual Boy Scouts of America Rocket Rave event as homemade and commercial built rockets blast into the sky.
Michael Bentley was in the crowd to watch a friend launch his entry.
That’s when things went terribly wrong.
The Press Enterprise reports Bentley, “lost sight of it before it came down on his face as he looked up.” A highway patrol helicopter quickly flew Bentley to a nearby hospital, but he died in surgery a short time later.
The Sheriff’s Department wouldn’t specify the size of the rocket that hit Bentley, but a caller to 911 described it as a “bottle rocket.” Research shows Boy Scout model rocket kits average 1-3-feet with wood or plastic tips.
Bentley was a longtime scout leader whom Council executive Joseph Daniszewski remembered as, “a great Scouter and a really great man.”
Research shows most Boy Scout rockets average 1-3 feet in length with plastic or wooden tips. The size of the rocket that killed Bentley isn’t known.
“It’s just a tragedy,” Daniszewski concluded.