Tornadoes kill seven people in Tennessee

Saturday, April 8, 2006

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms struck Tennessee on Friday afternoon, killing at least seven people, peeling away roofs and flipping cars over, officials said. All seven deaths were in Sumner County northeast of Nashville, said Eddie Boatwright, spokesman for the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency. Fire chief Joe Womack said three bodies were pulled from the wreckage of homes in a subdivision of Gallatin, about 24 miles northeast of Nashville. Last weekend, violent storms and tornadoes killed 24 people in the western part of the state and destroyed more than 1,000 homes and buildings.

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