Man injured following explosion in Central Park, New York

A man is in a critical condition in New York following an explosion in Central Park.  ABC News report that an explosion was heard near Central Park Zoo and resulted in a man's leg being seriously injured. A spokesperson for New York Fire Department said that he was removed and brought to Bellevue Hospital where he might need to have his leg amputated. It's not clear at this point what caused the explosion but it's believed he was walking on the rocky area of the park when the explosion occurred and people are speculating that he stepped on fireworks.

#BREAKING: man suffers severe leg injury in explosion in #CentralPark. Unclear what happened. #anc7ny pic.twitter.com/AiYfka2C5j

— Josh Einiger (@JoshEiniger7) July 3, 2016

According to The Daily Mail, New York Times reporter Sarah Maslin Nir tweeted:

"Outside Eli Wiesel's funeral I heard a huge explosion just now. Running into Central Park and found a young man with his left leg blown off."

She later added:

"The young man is safely on his way to hospital. No official word as to what transpired. His friends said he was walking&stepped on something.

"Possible fireworks accident or other cause, no word on cause as this happened moments ago."