SALEM, Ind. — A 15-month-old girl who clung to life for two days after being scooped up by a tornado that killed her parents and two siblings was buried Monday in a snow-covered cemetery.
An American flag hung at half-staff as relatives of Angel Babcock gathered for the private burial. Angel, her mother and her 2-month-old sister were buried in one casket. Her father and 2-year-old brother were in another.
The little girl died Sunday at Kosair Children’s Hospital in Louisville, Ky., after suffering severe head injuries when a tornado struck her home in New Pekin, Ind., and swept her into a field.
The National Weather Service in Louisville, Ky., said Monday that the tornado that killed the family built to wind speeds of 170 mph as it traveled toward New Pekin on its 18.5-mile march across Washington County.
It was among about 30 twisters packing winds of more than 110 mph that hit the Midwest and South on Friday, killing 40 people, according to the Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla. The Associated Press
