CAMPBELL, Mo. (AP) -- Two teenagers are hospitalized with moderate injuries after a pavilion collapsed on them during a storm that swept through southeast Missouri.
The Daily Dunklin Democrat newspaper in Kennett, Mo., reports that 17-year-old Cheyenne Burch and 15-year-old Valerie Bailey were injured Thursday afternoon. The teens were out for a walk when it began to storm. They took shelter under a pavilion in a park in Campbell, Mo.
Bailey's father had just arrived to pick them up when he saw the collapse.
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Information from: Daily Dunklin Democrat, Kennett, Mo., http://www.dddnews.com
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