Vape Pen Explosion Killed Texas Man, Says Medical Examiner

Daryl Cura demonstrates an e-cigarette at Vape store in Chicago, on April 23, 2014. The federal government wants to ban sales of electronic cigarettes to minors and require approval for new products and health warning labels under regulations being proposed by the Food and Drug Administration. Nam Y. Huh/AP Photo

The explosion from a vape pen killed a 24-year-old Texas man, concluded a medical examiner’s report. the pen fired shrapnel into his neck, severing a major artery.

William Eric Brown died on Jan. 29 from a stroke caused by the severed artery, the Tarrant County Medical Examiner said, according to local reports.