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Overall, the tornado remained on the ground for an hour, from 7:06 p.m. to 8:02 p.m. (0006 – 0102 UTC), and traveled along a 41.3 miles (66.5 km) path. Sixteen people lost their lives due to the tornado while 193 others were injured. [21] The 16 fatalities made this the deadliest in Arkansas since an F4 tornado killed 35 on May 15, 1968.
The tornado extensively damaged both Mayflower and Vilonia along a 41.1 mi (66.1 km) path. In Mayflower, the tornado inflicted EF3 and EF4-rated damage to numerous structures, including homes and a large metal building. [27] The tornado also tossed cars and wrapped mobile homes around a billboard, indicative of high strength. [27]
The same year, a Heber Springs, Arkansas man who was wanted for not reporting to his parole officer appeared at the Tucker Unit. A prison guard shot him dead. Dina Tyler, a spokesperson for the prison system, said that the man crashed his car into the car owned by the assistant warden and was "very close to the officers" prior to his death. [14]
Slaby was arrested for an alleged DWI and allegedly refusing to submit to tests, CBS St. Louis reported. Slaby died of an apparent heart attack, though the final results have not been released by the coroner's office. Jail or Agency: Boone County Law Enforcement Center; State: Arkansas; Date arrested or booked: 4/3/2016; Date of death: 4/4/2016 ...
A 2-month-old whose family tried to protect her by putting her in a car seat. The tornado outbreak cut a path of devastation that stretched from Arkansas, where a nursing home was destroyed, to ...
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Arkansas since 1976, when the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in the United States. 31 people have been executed in Arkansas since 1976: 30 males and 1 female ( Christina Marie Riggs ).
On May 29, a man was killed by a falling tree in Verona, New York during a severe thunderstorm. [54] Flash flooding in Scott County, Arkansas killed four people, including a sheriff. [55] [56] Missouri authorities confirmed three deaths as a result of high water that occurred in the counties of Lawrence, Miller and Reynolds. [57]
About 30 miles (48 kilometers) away in Canastota, storm debris hit and killed an 82-year-old man, village administrator Jeremy Ryan said. Hochul said three homes collapsed and 30 other structures ...