Tornado Devastation Hits Marion Illinois Area
Severe thunderstorms and 65 mph winds slowed cleanup after a weekend tornado killed 10 and left up to 100 were homeless in Marion. National Guardsmen patrolled for looting while relief teams worked amid damaged Shawnee Village housing complex and a 15 mile long track.
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Horse tramples woman and four children in parade incident
In Walker Michigan a horse named Flashes Dynamite broke free during a Memorial Day parade after a fire truck siren. Holly Carpenter, 12, rode the horse and lost control as the animal trampled five spectators including two young children and crashed through a bakery window before escaping toward a residential area and being brought under control. Emergency officials note tornado victims are displaced and sheltered.
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Memorial Day Road Toll Below Forecasts
Amid severe storms and weekend travel, road deaths totaled 295 nationwide, far under the National Safety Council’s 500 forecast. The period spanned 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday, with California reporting 31 fatalities and states from Florida to New York tallying double digits. Olympic hockey star Jim Craig faced vehicular homicide charges for a Cape Cod crash that killed a woman and left another severely hurt. storms battered the central, Southwest and Southeast regions, causing slick roads and wrecks including a St. Louis woman killed after her car struck a guardrail.
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