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Dozens of young campers at the Sports World complex in East Windsor huddled under tables as a violent storm tore away the domed portion of the building near Interstate 91 on Monday afternoon. None of the children was injured, but the storm did widespread damage in the area. Part of the dome was blown into traffic the highway, trees were toppled into houses, tobacco netting was tangled around power lines and a tractor trailer was knocked over nearby. On Monday night, the National Weather Service confirmed that the storm contained a tornado. The tornado hit the Windsor Locks area between...

(East Windsor-AP Apr. 18, 2002 12:12PM) _ A man and a woman have been found dead in a reservoir in East Windsor. The partially clothed bodies of the couple were pulled from the reservoir at East Windsor Park on Reservoir Avenue this morning. Police say the man and woman were from Afghanistan, but were living in the area. Police say there are suspicious circumstances surrounding the deaths. Police say the man was an airport taxi service driver and the husband of a woman who reported him missing yesterday. The female victim was not his wife. According to police, neither the...

EAST WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) _ The April drowning deaths of an Afghani couple in a park pond have been ruled accidental, authorities said. Mohammad Gumshuda, 53, and his wife, Simmer Hider, both of East Windsor, were found April 18 in about 10 feet of water at East Windsor Park. Relatives said neither one could swim and both were afraid of water. A spokesman for the state medical examiner's office said Friday that further tests revealed Gumshuda was intoxicated. Hider, who was in her early 20s, also drowned accidentally, the medical examiner's office said. Police said there were no signs of...