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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke):

In article <93021.134733K3032E0@ALIJKU11.BITNET>, <K3032E0@ALIJKU11.BITNET> writ
>An Austrian newspaper says that "a meteorite fell on a house in POREC,
>Croatia, killing two old brothers living there".
>Can anyone confirm this?
>
>*Huch|* These space-rocks become agressive| First, killing cars in New York,
>then killing people in Croatia....

Meteorites hitting people and cars has happened before.
About 25 to 30 years ago, a meteorite hit a house and struck
the lady living there, and she survived with only a bruise.  I think this
happened somewhere in England, and the story and pictures are
on display at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles.  One of the
SNC meteorite was supposed to have landed on and killed a dog.
The meteorite that landed last October in Peeksville, New York, was
the third or fourth occurrence of a meteorite hitting a car.  The
meteorite went through the trunk.  I just happen to have a piece of
this particular meteorite in my collection, and there is red paint
from the car still on the fusion crust.  The car and the Peeksville
meteorite will be on display at the Tuscon show next month.
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  I recall the story of the woman struck by the meteorite.  The local
newspapers ran a photo. It was a nasty bruise.  Good thing the meteor
didn't get a straight shot at her...  My recollection puts the site
in Tennessee, but it's a long time ago.  Was that a Serbian meteorite
in Croatia?

Al Moore