A NEAR miss video exhibits the dramatic second {that a} lady narrowly avoids having her “head squished” by a falling roof slate.
Siorsa Darby had nipped outdoors final week to seize one thing from her outhouse when she heard a crash proper subsequent to her.
Puzzled, the 31-year-old regarded round to grasp {that a} sharp roof slate had fallen from a neighbouring roof and shattered on the spot she had stood simply seconds in the past.
Video captured from a Ring CCTV digicam exhibits the mum-of-three nipping out into the shut between her home and her backyard wall in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
The on-screen textual content reads: “15 seconds earlier and my head would have been squished“.
Siorsa might be seen fidgeting with the door on her outhouse and leaning inside to seize one thing while all continues to be for just a few moments.
Then, the roof slate from her neighbor’s home out of the blue falls from the sky like a focused missile and smashes within the precise spot she had been standing simply seconds earlier with a loud crash.
Siorsa then timidly emerges from the outhouse to examine the loud noise, earlier than realising what has occurred and shouting to accomplice Matthew inside.
The video was uploaded to TikTok final Wednesday with the caption: “We’ve now realised it was subsequent door’s roof and it’s about prepared to present approach so I’m at the moment sat inside with my onerous hat.”
The video has obtained greater than 2,400 likes and over 120 feedback from customers left surprised by the near-deadly particles.
One person wrote: “I used to be anticipating an asteroid.”
Siorsa then replied: “For a minute I assumed it was.”
One other person commented: “These roof slates are deadly particularly if it’s travelling at that velocity! hope they obtained it mounted or take them to court docket.”
A 3rd added : “I used to be anticipating the home to fall over however right here we go, we scroll on.”
One other stated: “Wow, life might be taken away right away.”
Talking in the present day Siorsa stated: “At first I assumed it was our roof it had come down from, I hadn’t even realised that it was not far off inflicting an accident till I later watched the Ring footage.
“It was the neighbour’s roof slates, we let him know and had a roofer ourself come take a look and he defined to our neighbour that he wanted the roof doing which he’s sorting as we converse.
“It made a very loud crash and we have been suggested not to return outdoors.”
