Posted on 02/08/2016 7:22:15 AM PST by BenLurkin
)—Indian scientists will examine remains from an object that fell from the sky Saturday, causing a large explosion which killed a man, to determine if it is a meteorite, police say.
If the object is confirmed to be a meteorite - a fragment of a comet or asteroid that has fallen to Earth - the death would be the first fatality from a meteorite on record, it is believed.
P. K. Senthil Kumari, the police chief in Vellore district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, told CNN that the object struck the grounds of an engineering school at about midday Saturday, making a loud noise and leaving an impact crater about 60 cm (2 feet) deep.
The resulting blast killed a 40-year-old named Kamaraj, who worked as a bus driver on the campus of the Bharathidasan Engineering College, the police chief said. Like many in the state, the victim only used one name.
Two gardeners and a student at the college were also injured in the incident, and are receiving treatment at a hospital in Vellore, he said.
The impact shattered the windows of a number of buses on campus, he said.
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Good thing it didn’t hit Michael Corleone.
Imagine all the dry humor that will result from this...
“...yea that has a much of a chance of happening as me walking out side and getting hit by a meteorite.... errr oh wait...”
Sorry to hear that poor old Kamaraj got it. He was a nice guy and a good bus driver.
His Karma ran over his dogma?.............
It may have been an Islamic meteor.
...and his family ran out and bought lottery tickets....
I bet you it turns out to be space junk falling from orbit. Still, karma is a bitch.... When your ticket is up....
I wonder if he bought an Indian Lottery ticket ...
Statistically, a bomb or badly maintained gas tank is more likely.
No sir, he bought the farm...
My money is on a blue space poopy from a United Airlines flight.
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