At least five people have been confirmed dead in Cooke County following the storms north of Dallas-Fort Worth on Saturday, May 25, 2024.
Sheriff Ray Sappington said 60 to 80 people were injured at the AP Travel Center during the storm, and that there were confirmed fatalities in a nearby community.Speaking from the site of the decimated AP Travel Center at the intersection of I-35 and Lone Oak Road between Valley View and Sanger early Sunday morning, Cooke County Sheriff Ray Sappington gave a bleak assessment of the tragic damage wrought by Saturday night's storms.
Most of those fatalities, Sappington said, occurred at the nearby FRF Estates, where crews were continuing search-and-rescue efforts amidst"major damage." Sappington credited the help his department received from neighboring agencies for helping the injured get treated and sent home for the night.
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