Car damaged by metal from sky

Car damaged by metal from sky
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
By TOM SHORTELL
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

A 20-pound piece of metal fell from the sky yesterday morning and crushed the passenger side of a rental car parked at a U.S. Postal Service mailing facility in Jersey City, authorities said.

No one was injured and law enforcement officials believe the chunk of metal fell from a passing plane, according to reports.

Alfred Michaels, of Mentor, Ohio, had parked his rented Pontiac at the facility at 80 County Road at 7:30 a.m., reports said.

When he returned to his car at 9:45 a.m., he found the piece of metal next to the car, and the car's passenger-side pillar and window smashed, according to Jersey City police.

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and U.S. Postal Service police are also investigating.