9 children, 1 adult killed in accident on Alabama highway after storm
CBSN
Ten people, including nine children, were killed Saturday in an accident that involved approximately 15 cars on an Alabama interstate, according to Butler County Coroner Wayne Garlock. The accident appeared to related to the weather, with Tropical Storm Claudette battering the state as it headed toward North Carolina.
Eight of the fatalities were from one vehicle, a vehicle from Tallapoosa County Girls Ranch, part of the Alabama Sheriffs Youth Ranch. They all suffered burns and ranged in age from 4 to 17 years old. According to Garlock, the driver was pulled out by bystanders and people tried to pull the children from the vehicle, which was on fire, but it was too late. The Alabama Sheriffs Youth Ranch provides "longterm residential homes for abandoned, abused and neglected children," according to its Facebook page. The organization said it had suffered a "great loss."Authorities made two gruesome discoveries Tuesday after a Missouri woman walked into a police station and told officers that she fatally shot one of her children and drowned the other, officials said. Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak said at a news conference that authorities believe both children were killed Tuesday morning.
Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving more than one million businesses and homes without power as much of the U.S. recovered from severe weather, including tornadoes, that killed at least 24 people in seven states during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.