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"There have been many many significant injuries but I don’t know
the number, I don’t know where they are. I don't know what those
injuries are," Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter
told reporters at a news conference.
NBC News earlier reported, citing the state police, that three
deaths had occurred in a trailer home park in Winchester, which
is in Randolph county.
Carter said the police had not heard of any deaths. "There’s a
lot that we don’t know yet." He confirmed that the police had
initially reported the deaths.
He said that some buildings and homes had been completely
destroyed in Winchester and that work will begin in the morning
to find if people were still trapped in those buildings.
The Indiana Task Force 1 would assist in the search and rescue
process and the police will come back with an update on Friday
morning, Carter added.
Indiana State Police Public Information Officer John Perrine
confirmed to Reuters that there were no deaths and that many
were injured.
Perrine said they were still searching for people who have been
affected by the storms, adding that many people have been
hospitalized.
The National Weather Service had earlier said that it could not
confirm that a tornado touched down in Winchester, but that it
was "likely" judging by the damage and images taken by people on
the ground.
The storms were part of a night of violent weather that
stretched from northeast Texas to Ohio. Several small towns near
Winchester also suffered heavy damage from suspected tornadoes.
(Reporting by Brad Brooks in Longmont, Colorado, Rishabh Jaiswal
and Shubham Kalia in Bengaluru. Editing by Gerry Doyle and Jane
Merriman)
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