One person injured after roof collapse in Polk County
One person was injured after a roof collapsed in Polk County on Thursday morning.
Polk County Fire Rescue says that a roof collapsed and one person was injured at a quadraplex on Genesis Point Drive near Lake Wales.
They say that a possible tornado, spawned from a line of severe storms, could be the cause of the collapse, which occurred around 9:45 a.m
The injured resident was reportedly taken to Lakeland Regional Medical Center.
Severe storms moved through Polk County on Thursday, bringing isolated tornadoes, blinding rainfall, and damaging winds to the area.
This story was written in Orlando, Florida.