Icicles have been falling steadily all day around my house, with a loud crash, and I began to wonder if anyone had been killed by this, thinking surely it must have happened somewhere at sometime. I googled, and the 1st thing I looked at was the following Reuters report. Being Reuters, a reputable news organization (as reputable as Big Media ever is, at least), I decided to go with this one story, for now. But keep in mind that this is just one, and there are many other returns for this search - many other instances of people seriously hurt or killed by falling icicles. After all, they can often be very large, very heavy, and are pointed. Dangerous.
The following article is copied/pasted from http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2632514820080226
Falling icicles kill six
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Six people have been killed in three days by icicles falling from buildings in a central Russian region, ITAR-TASS news agency reported Tuesday.
Plummeting chunks of ice is an annual hazard for pedestrians in Russia during the spring when the sun finally melts thick layers of ice and snow which build up on roofs over months of freezing temperatures and darkness.
Medical authorities in the region of Samara told ITAR-TASS that five people died in the city of Samara and another person died in the nearby town of Otradny between February 23 and February 25.
(Writing by James Kilner; Editing by Matthew Jones)
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