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2 suffer minor injuries at Oyster Festival

Oysters are shucked at the festival in Oyster

Photo credit: Yana Paskova | Oysters are shucked at the festival in Oyster Bay. (Oct. 13, 2012)

A woman was struck in the head by a fallen fire boat water cannon, and a food stand worker was burned on the nose by propane Sunday at the annual Oyster Festival in Oyster Bay hamlet, authorities said.

Both suffered only minor injuries in the separate incidents, authorities said.

The woman, 48, refused medical attention after she was struck about 12:50 p.m., said an official with Oyster...

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