BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. (AP) — At least five people are dead from Arkansas to Alabama as a second day of storms and tornadoes crossed the South.
One person died when a tree fell on a car in north
Alabama. A Cullman County sheriff's spokesman said Wednesday that emergency
responders were working to free another person from the car.
At least three people died in Mississippi,
including a police officer hit by a tree limb as he shielded his daughter
during a camping trip. Officials in Choctaw County, Miss., said the daughter
was not hurt.
Also in Mississippi, a man was crushed when a tree
fell on his mobile home and a truck driver died after hitting a downed tree.
The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management
said one person died in a storm in Sharp County.
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2011 The Associated Press.
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Photo/The Tyler Morning Telegraph, Jaime R. Carrero)
