At Least Six Dead After Tornadoes Ravage Heartland State
At least six people were killed Saturday night as a wave of tornadoes ripped across middle Tennessee. The Tennessean reported that 160,000 people were without power. Two adults and one child died in Clarksville, where…
At least six people were killed Saturday night as a wave of tornadoes ripped across middle Tennessee.
The Tennessean reported that 160,000 people were without power.
Two adults and one child died in Clarksville, where about two dozen people were injured, according to according to WSMV-TV.
The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said that Joseph Dalton, Floridema Gabriel Perez, 31, and Anthony Elmer Mendez, 2, of Madison died when Dalton’s mobile home was blown over in the storm and landed on a home where Perez and Mendez were hiding. Two children were hospitalized in the incident.
“This is a sad day for our community,” Montgomery County Mayor Wes Golden said in the statement, according to NBC.
“We are praying for those who are injured, lost loved ones, and lost their homes. This community pulls together like no other and we will be here until the end,” he stated.
Rutherford resident Ethan Goad said his town’s fire station was destroyed and “everyone around me was freaking out.”