Police closed the M60 on Monday evening (October 2) after a person fell from a bridge, the Manchester Evening News understands.
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A woman has been left with a £12,000 hole in her roof caused by a block of ice - which may have fallen from a landing plane. Dr Carla George, 45, was on a work call when she heard a massive bang on September 12.
She thought some boxes must have fallen in the attic at her home in Banbury, Oxon. But when she went to investigate she realised she could see blue sky - and found a large block of ice on the floor.
Dr Carla, a field researcher in criminology who recently completed a PhD, called the fire service. She claims a firefighter told her it was likely caused by ice falling from a plane on its way into Heathrow.
She has been quoted £12k to fix the roof, which will be covered by her home insurance. Dr Carla said: "I was working in my office room and I heard a loud bang.
"It's used as a storage room and I thought it was boxes but I saw the door open and the ceiling completely apart. I went up to the attic and saw ice everywhere and I was confused where it had come from - it was like something from a movie.
"I was in shock. My neighbour rang the doorbell and said, 'Do you know there's a hole in the roof?'. It was so unusual. I thought it was some sort of explosion when I got up there."
Despite being told that the most probable cause of the damage was falling debris from a plane, Dr Carla says she didn't hear anything that day.
She said: "We do have planes flying over but I didn't hear any that day and neither did my neighbour, so that was really surprising. My neighbour said that he used to work on planes and a suitcase once fell out."
Although temporarily covered over with a tarpaulin sheet, Dr Carla's roof will need a full repair. She said: "The blocks of ice took a whole day to melt and then we had the insurers come round.
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Police closed the M60 on Monday evening (October 2) after a person fell from a bridge, the Manchester Evening News understands.
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