Rose and Daniel Wagner were out walking in the Pennsylvania town of Oakmont, near Pittsburg, when Daniel was hit by a . . . pumpkin.

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I love pumpkins!

I wrote in <a title="I_Love_Pumpkins" href="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=124&amp;action=edit" target="_blank">an earlier post </a>about my  love for pumpkins.

Over the past 14 years, I've spent countless hours in the Pumpkin Patch at our church, <a title="Trinity_United_Methodist_Church" href="http://www.trinityumcrome.org/" target="_blank">Trinity United Methodist</a>, in Rome, Georgia. Telling stories - particularly the Gunny Wolf. Singing songs. Showing children the pumpkins with lumpy bumps. Nibbling on our famous apple-pumpkin bread - the "best stuff you ever put in your mouth."

Pumpkins should NOT be used as weapons!

Even in a prank.

Four teens, two 15-year-olds, a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old, turned themselves into the police. They confessed to stealing pumpkins, then tossing the pumpkin from their vehicle.

The episode was caught on the surveillance camera at a school nearby and the vehicle, an SUV, was recognized.

The pranksters are  being lauded for coming forward, but will face fines and community service. They will also make restitution to the injured man.

Daniel suffered a concussion. He continues to recover.

The poor pumpkin used in the prank was broken. It was admitted into police evidence.