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Block of ice lands in kitchen
It came from the sky – a block of ice the size of a rugby ball falling with enough force to smash straight through Jan Robertson's roof in Meadowbank, east Auckland.
Travelling at an estimated 450kph, it punctured the concrete tile roof, carried on through the void, the ceiling and a light socket before landing on the kitchen bench last night.
"There was this terrific bang like goodness knows what," she said.
"I could have been in there cutting up vegetables."
It was just before 5pm, and Mrs Robertson, 80, was cleaning a bedroom while her 83-year-old husband Bruce was out pulling weeds – both just metres from where it hit.
They both ran inside to check the other was okay and found the ice on the bench.
Block of ice lands in kitchen
It came from the sky – a block of ice the size of a rugby ball falling with enough force to smash straight through Jan Robertson's roof in Meadowbank, east Auckland.
Travelling at an estimated 450kph, it punctured the concrete tile roof, carried on through the void, the ceiling and a light socket before landing on the kitchen bench last night.
"There was this terrific bang like goodness knows what," she said.
"I could have been in there cutting up vegetables."
It was just before 5pm, and Mrs Robertson, 80, was cleaning a bedroom while her 83-year-old husband Bruce was out pulling weeds – both just metres from where it hit.
They both ran inside to check the other was okay and found the ice on the bench.
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