ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP, New Jersey. - Between 2 and 3 p.m. Friday, a two pound hunk of artillery crashed through the roof of Cheryl Angle's home on Longwood Lake Road in the Oak Ridge section of Jefferson Township.
Picatinny Arsenal officials will investigate how a 2-pound piece of an artillery round fired from the base ended up crashing through the roof of a Jefferson Township home Friday afternoon, Brig. Gen. William N. Phillips said in a statement.
The Star-Ledger of Newark says the 6-by-4-inch object landed on the bed of a 10-year-old girl. She had left about 20 minutes earlier to go to a sleepover at a friend's house. But the family cat was injured and had to be put to sleep.
