A blast in Central Park severed the foot of a young man visiting New York from northern Virginia Sunday, witnesses said.
The NYPD’s bomb squad was investigating the area of the park near E. 68th St. and Fifth Ave.
Witnesses said the victim stepped on a device or fireworks, causing the blast.
His foot was “all but gone,” one witness told the Daily News.
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Two of the victim's shocked friends described the ghastly sight moments before being taken away in an ambulance.
"We don't know what happened. There was a small explosion and then dust," said one friend who didn't give his name. "We really don't know."
"We don't know the caliber of the firework," said the second friend.