Falling icicles kill pedestrian

Tampa Star (IANS) Wednesday 8th February, 2012

A woman was killed when large icicles fell on her head from the roof of a building in this Serbian capital.

The 49-year-old music teacher died when six large icicles, some weighing as much as four kg, dropped from the edge of a roof in the Belgrade suburb of Vozdovac.

The woman was on her way to a store, reported Xinhua citing the daily Blic.

Serbia declared a state of emergency Sunday due to heavy snowfall and frigid temperatures that have gripped the region. At least a dozen deaths in Serbia have been attributed to the Arctic conditions.