Referee fired into Cannon's head during college football game

An official was injured by a cannon shot as he worked Saturday for the Maine Maritime Academy football game against the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Yes, a cannon. In the head. During the game It is to the right of the frame of the video:

The gun was not loaded with cannonball, so it was a wound and not a decapitation. A former student of Maine Maritime brought his own gun to the game to perpetuate the tradition of firing a shot after each hit. According to the traditions of university football, this one is very widespread. However, guns are usually loaded with blank shells. It was loaded with black powder and "a substance that it had turned into a flock", according to the Bangor Daily News. That's what hit the referee in the head.

The referee was taken to a local hospital with injuries that did not put his life in danger. The Hancock County Sheriff's Office is going to investigate this case and the school said in a statement it would no longer allow random alumni to bring guns to home football games, which makes sense .

[[[[Bangor Daily News]

Mike