1 dead, 12 hurt in Texas storm-related incidents

Published May 28, 2014 2:13am ET



HOUSTON (AP) — A woman was killed and 12 construction workers were injured Tuesday in two separate incidents related to the thunderstorms that swept across Texas.

Fire crews responded to an emergency in northeast Houston and found a dead woman lying in a puddle of water next to fallen branches and power lines, Houston fire department spokesman Kenyatta Parker said. They could not immediately determine her cause of death.

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