Tornado Kills at Least 2 in Maryland
By Associated Press
September 24, 2001, 7:40 PM EDTCOLLEGE PARK, Md. -- A tornado ripped through the University of Maryland on Monday, killing at least two people in a car and damaging numerous buildings.
The two victims died when their car overturned outside a campus dormitory, a fire official said. It was not immediately known if they were students.
Elsewhere on campus, four men were pulled from collapsed trailers belonging to the Maryland Fire Institute, said Prince George's County Fire and Rescue spokesman Mark Brady.
One man was trapped about 30 minutes, but none of those injuries appeared to be life threatening, Brady said.
Nearby, the roofs were blown off a Home Depot store and a church. Rescue crews were checking to see if people were under fallen debris.
The tornado touched down at about 5:20 p.m, as part of a storm system that stretched along the entire Interstate-95 corridor between Baltimore and Washington. (PROFILE (CO:Home Depot; TS:HD; IG:RTS;) )
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