Meteor

Death by meteor is a form of death in The Sims 3, introduced in The Sims 3: Ambitions. It is the successor to Death by Satillite which was seen in The Sims 2.

Whenever a sim is standing in an open area, there is a very small chance a meteor will fall directly on top of them. Whenever a meteor is about to fall on top of a sim, a large shadow will appear around them and ominous music will play. The player has plenty of time to move the sim out of harm's way, but if they do nothing the meteor will crush the ignorant sim. Due to proper etiquette, meteors never fall on children. Meteors can happen anywhere, even at a sims house with a telescope. When a meteor is falling it produces a shadow, if the meteor falls while a sim is underneath the shadow the sim dies.

On the official Sims 3 forums the ghost color has been confirmed as orange. Also a teenager can get hit by it.

The color is actually orange with a hint of black, it is in fact not the same as death by fire, on the grave there is a picture of a meteor.