Death falls from the heavens

10 February 2016 - 02:19
By ©The Daily Telegraph, AFP

As a bus driver in India, avoiding fast oncoming danger was his trade.But there was nothing V Kamaraj could do when, as he washed his face at an outdoor water tower during his lunch break, he became the first person in modern recorded history to be struck dead by a meteorite.That is the only explanation authorities have for the bizarre demise of the 40-year-old, who was last seen relaxing in the grounds of Bharathidasan Engineering College in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu at noon on Sa...

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