2 infants among 10 kids killed in Oklahoma tornado
OKLAHOMA CITY The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says two infants are among 24 people killed by the tornado that ripped across the Oklahoma City area this week.
The office announced Wednesday that it has positively identified 23 of the 24 victims and that 10 of those killed are children, 14 are adults.
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Among the dead are 4-month-old Case Futrell and 7-month-old Sydnee Vargyas. Both babies died from head injuries.
The eight other children ranged in age from 4 years old to 9 years old. Of those, six suffocated. The other two died from massive injuries.
Seven of the 10 children killed were in the Plaza Towers Elementary School. Joshua Hornsby lost his third grade daughter, Janae. He told CBS News about the moment he found out the devastating news.
"It was the medical examiner and he told me they had my daughter," said Hornsby. "I knew what he meant, but I didn't want to accept it. I kept asking, 'What do you mean she's with you? What is she doing?' That's when he told me she was deceased. That was it."
All the children have been positively identified.
Medical examiner's office spokeswoman Amy Elliott says officials still are trying to contact relatives of eight adult victims. All the adults died of blunt force trauma.