In India, the meteorite had killed a man

Another three people were injured




Perseid meteor stream enters the Earth's atmosphere. The photo was taken from the International Space Station (Photo: NASA) i>

Indian authorities say the meteorite fell on the campus of the private engineering college on Saturday, killing one person. If scientists confirm the information, it will be the first recorded instance of a meteorite falling to Earth from falling victim to this.

Information from the scene adds details - the bus driver, who works on campus, was indeed killed by a falling meteorite. Man, nothing suspecting, just walking. As a result of the fall injured three others, plus a damaged windows of buildings and buses are nearby.

The incident has заявил Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Dzhayalalita (Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa): «The misfortune happened on Saturday when a meteorite fell on the private college campus in Vellore district, village Pantharapalli (Pantharappalli)». Tamil Nadu is located in the south of India, the state has a population of 70 million people. Initially, the local police decided that the campus was bombed, but then this information is not confirmed. Explosives should also be there.



The crater formed at the site of the fall of the celestial body (photo: ndtv)

To date, confirmed the victims were not the result of the fall of meteorites. There are confirmed cases of meteorites falling on the human habitation, and even getting a celestial body in person. But death was not yet. Unfortunately, now there is.



Find the pieces of the fallen meteorite (Photo: ndtv) i>

Among the most recent is also highlight the case of a meteorite fall in Chelyabinsk, Russia, in 2013. Then a lot of buildings were damaged, and the number of victims (people wounded glass debris, injured due to falls, etc.) reached 1000 . Fortunately, no one was killed then.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/270640/

Tags

See also

New and interesting