A meteorite is a piece of a comet or asteroid that makes it to Earths surface.
A bus driver who was walking in the area was struck by the meteorite and killed.
Saturdays blast also injured three people.
It also created a crater and shattered windowpanes of nearby buses and buildings.
Eyewitnesses claimed to have seen a flying object falling down and striking the campus at around Saturday noon.
The probability of being killed by a meteorite is negligible, even witnessing one fall is rare.
A team from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics in Bangalore is at the spot to examine the situation.
We dont have any records of deaths brought on by meteorites in India.
We cannot comment on the death as it is a police case.
Scientists are there and well know more when theyre back, said Thiyagarajan.
I have ordered the Vellore district administration and hospital officials to provide them best treatment, Jayalalithaa said.
So Kamaraj was really unlucky!
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