From my home town paper the Merced Sun-Star:

"(Dec. 10) A unindentified man was taken to a hospital in Modesto after his head was split open by a brick. Police, called to the scene, were expecting to find foul play, but witnesses said the man was merely trying to see how far he could throw a brick, and since it was dark at 2:30 a.m., lost track of the brick's flight and could not get out of the way when it came down on his head. Police said alcohol appeared to be involved."