2-mo.-old added to grim tally

Girl among youngest vics

A 2-month-old girl who had initially survived Friday’s devastating tornado strike in Kentucky while strapped into a car seat died of her injuries on Monday, making her one of the youngest victims of the disaster.

Little Oaklynn Koon (inset) had been secured into the seat as her family took shelter with her in their bathroom in Dawson Springs when the twister ripped them from the home and sent them “flying,” according to the girl’s parents, Douglas and Jackie.

The critically insuffered jured baby multiple seizures in the hospital, and doctors believe she may have had a stroke before she succumbed, said the parents.

“At least I know who will be watching over you up there for me. My dad,” Douglas wrote in a Facebook post that included a photo of his daughter’s tiny hand in his. “God this doesn’t seem real.”

Chris Smiley, the mayor of Dawson Springs, has estimated that 75 percent of the small town’s homes and other buildings were wiped out by the tornado.

The tragic news came as it also was revealed that two families who had lived on the same street in Bowling Green, Ky., lost a combined 11 members — including two infants and five other children — to a tornado there.

Six of the victims — including three under age 16 — were from one family, according to socialmedia posts and a report.

Rachel Brown, 36, Steven Brown, 35, Nariah Cayshelle Brown, 16, Nyles Brown, 4, and Nolynn Brown, identified only as a “juvenile,” were found dead close to a home, according to the Warren County Coroner’s Office. Rachel’s 64-year-old mother, Victoria Smith, also was among the dead, the Lexington HeraldLeader reported.

Alisa Besic and four young children — SelElma mir, and “infants” Samantha and Alma Besic — were found dead on the same street as the Brown family, authorities said. The Besics were part of one family, according to the HeraldLeader.

All were among a total of 15 people reported killed in the storm so far in Warren County.

Other newly identified victims in Warren County were Cory Scott, 27, Mae F. White, 77, Victoria Smith, 64, Robert Williams Jr., 65, and Say Meh, 42.

In all, 74 people have been confirmed dead statewide and more than 100 were still missing after the monster storms, Gov. Andy Beshear revealed on Monday. All but five of the dead have been identified, he said. Among the Kentucky victims already identified was Brian Crick, 43, a district judge for Muhlenberg and McLean counties who handled criminal misdemeanor, traffic and juvenile cases.

He is survived by his wife and three children, all of whom made it through the storm without major injuries.