NWS One dead after wind rips roof off of Rockwood baseball dugout

NWS One dead after wind rips roof off of Rockwood baseball dugout

ROANE COUNTY, Tenn. — One person is dead, and another hurt after strong winds ripped the roof off of a dugout at a Rockwood ball complex Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.

NWS sent in a storm report, at about 5 p.m., the roof from a dugout landed on two people, an adult female and a child. Both were taken to the hospital, where the adult woman later died.

The Rockwood Police Department shared on Facebook, it happened during a “recreational event” at the Brillo Miller Sports Complex.

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