Hi, Heather, thank you for the A2A. Thankfully, no one has ever been killed as the result of a meteoroid. read more
In February 2013, the sonic boom from a massive meteorite damaged buildings and injured more than a thousand people near the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia. (See pictures: "Meteorite Hits Russia." ) But that damaging space rock was not the first to shatter a human life. read more
In 1825, people reported that a man was killed and a woman was injured by a meteorite in Oriang, India, although scholars have not been able to confirm the incident. In 1827, a man was said to be injured after being struck in the arm by a space rock in Mhow, India. read more