Storm death toll reaches 18 in Hamilton, Bradley counties
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JAC on 4/28/2011, 9:56 am
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Hamilton County and Bradley County officials have confirmed 18 deaths as a result of Wednesday's storms.
According to Hamilton County spokeswoman Amy Maxwell, nine people died in Wednesday's tornadoes and thunderstorms.
"I believe that [number] might change," Maxwell said by phone this morning. "Daylight brings more visibility."
Stan Clark, public information officer for Bradley County, confirmed nine deaths in Bradley county and "multiple" injured people.
In Apison, authorities confirmed four deaths on Clonts Road and four deaths on Bates Road. Three people are "unaccounted for" in the Apison area, Maxwell said.
Names of the dead have not been released except for Chattanooga, where the lone known victim is Mai Crumley, 41, who died when a tree hit her trailer home at 6136 Tall Pine Lane, police said.
Maxwell confirmed that as of midnight Thursday, 28 were transported via ambulances to local hospitals with serious injuries.
Emergency Services personnel are going door-to-door in the Apison, searching for missing and injured. Most roads in Apison are impassable, Maxwell said.
Maxwell said many people are missing in Hamilton County, but she did not have a number.
More than 80,000 Hamilton County residents are without power, Maxwell said.
Roads closed to all traffic except emergency vehicles in Apison are the following - London Lane, Bill Jones at McGee Road, East Brainerd Road at Apison Pike and Blair Road at McDonald Road.
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