Authorities: Infant Dies Days After NC Twister Hit - Boston.com

People stood among the remains of a mobile home that was destroyed when a tornado touched down along Black Jack-Simpson Road in Greenville, N.C. on Friday, April 25, 2014.Credit: AP

• By The Associated Press


• AP


• April 27, 2014 9:37 PM

Authorities say an 11-month-old boy in North Carolina has died, two days after a tornado struck his home and injured him in the eastern part of that state.



North Carolina’s Department of Public Safety spokeswoman, Julia Jarema, said the boy died in a hospital Sunday but didn’t release details or the boy’s identity. His home in Edenton was destroyed in one of eight tornadoes that hit the state.





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State Gov. Pat McCrory toured that and other storm-struck areas Sunday and said his prayers go out to the boy’s family. He pledged to seek state and federal government assistance for the victims.



More than a dozen people were reported injured and around 200 home and businesses destroyed or heavily damaged in Friday’s scattered tornadoes in North Carolina.





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