Fireworks ‘sent birds into deadly frenzy’

THOUSANDS of blackbirds plummeted to their deaths in front of horrified New Year revellers in a small Arkansas town.

Fireworks ‘sent birds into deadly frenzy’

The red-winged blackbirds rained out of the darkness on to rooftops and pavements and into fields as people in Beebe were enjoying midnight fireworks.

One struck a woman walking her dog and another hit a police vehicle.

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