Falling icicles kill six Russians

Six people have been killed in three days by icicles falling from buildings in a central Russian region, Itar-Tass news agency…

Six people have been killed in three days by icicles falling from buildings in a central Russian region, Itar-Tass news agency reported today.

Medical authorities in the region of Samara said five people died in the city of Samara and another person died in the nearby town of Otradny between February 23rd and February 25th.

Plummeting chunks of ice is an annual hazard for pedestrians in Russia during the spring when the sun finally melts ice and snow which that up on roofs over months of freezing temperatures.

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