Possible tornado kills 2 people in Northern Mississippi, Benton County coroner says

Coroner: Storms kill 2 in Benton County, Miss.

ASHLAND, Miss. — A possible tornado has killed two people in Northern Mississippi.

Benton County Coroner John Riles says two people were killed when severe weather tore through early Sunday.

Riles identified the victims as 25-year-old Latoya Long and 26-year-old Thomas Catrell Cowan. He said the two lived in a mobile home. He says “it looks like you stuck about four sticks of dynamite on it and it just disappeared.”

Riles said several other people reported injuries after the storm blew through about 2:30 a.m. Sunday. He said it could have been a tornado.

Mississippi Emergency Management Agency spokesman Jeff Rent says he was checking on reports about other injuries in Lafayette County.