Toddler Sleeping Alongside Mother Killed in Horrific Tornado Tragedy

A 2-year-old boy was killed and his mother was critically injured when a powerful tornado uprooted a tree that fell on their home in suburban Detroit on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.

The “massive” tree crashed through the roof and landed on a bed where the pair were sleeping in Livonia, Michigan, the city said in a statement on its website. Rescue crews toiled for almost an hour to remove the roof and lift the tree with high-pressure air bags in order to pull the victims out.

The toddler succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene, the statement added, while the mother was taken to the Livonia Trinity Hospital in critical condition.

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