Of the seven people killed in the community, four were from the same family.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The Old Kingston community was one of the hardest hit by the EF-3 tornado that ripped through Autauga County on Jan. 12. Of theDeanna Marie GardnerChristopher Allen Corbin Jr, 21, were killed in the 1000 block of Sandy Ridge Road. According to the Autauga County Sheriff’s office, they lived in the same home and were related to Gardner and Corbin.
The sisters told their family members who died all lived in mobile homes. They said their father always felt safe on the property. “I know for sure that me and my kids wouldn’t be here,” Brittany Gardner said. ‘When we got home, the tree from our front yard was laying across mine and my husband’s bed, where my two youngest had been sitting.”
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