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Liam Buckler

Mum and son, 8, killed in sleep after large tree falls on home during tornado storm

A mum and her eight-year-old son have been killed in their sleep after a tornado caused a large pine tree to fall on their home.

Chiquita Broadnax, 39, from Alabama, US, and Cedarrius Tell were sleeping together in the same bed when an EF-2 tornado caused a pine tree to land on their mobile home on Tuesday evening.

Cedarrius' father, Cedric Lamar Tell, who was sleeping in a separate room, was found trapped among the debris.

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