Toddler killed in Michigan and family rescued in Maryland as tornadoes batter Northeast
A two-year-old boy was killed when an enormous tree uprooted by a tornado landed on a family home in a suburb of Detroit, as storms left a trail of destruction across the interior Northeast on Wednesday, leaving families trapped in their homes.
A two-year-old boy was killed when an enormous tree uprooted by a tornado landed on a family home in a suburb of Detroit, as storms left a trail of destruction across the interior Northeast on Wednesday, leaving families trapped in their homes.
The tree fell through the roof and landed on a bed where the child and his mother were sleeping at about 3:30 p.m. in Livonia, Michigan — the latest fatality in a long and deadly tornado season.
The unidentified woman was taken to a local hospital and was in a critical condition, the City Of Livonia said in a statement, while the child was pronounced dead at the scene.
"Crews worked tirelessly for nearly an hour to remove the roof, parts of the tree, and then lift the tree with high-pressure air bags to extricate the victims," the statement said.
“This is a terrible tragedy for our community,” Livonia Mayor Maureen Miller Brosnan added. “Our hearts are broken, too, and we send our deepest sympathies.”
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