Training dome collapses in Texas

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Source: CCTV.com | 05-04-2009 13:55

In the US, winds of almost tornado strength ripped through an indoor facility for an American football team in Irving, Texas on Saturday.

Several members of the Dallas Cowboys were injured when a canopy covering the the building collapsed.

Dallas Cowboy football player Travis Bright along with teammates and staff search the wreckage for trapped people following the collapse of the the team's indoor practice facility collapsed during a storm on Saturday, May 2, 2009 in Irving, Texas. (AP Photo/Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Ron Jenkins)

There were about 70 people in the six-year-old tent-like building.

The storm produced winds of more than 100 kilometers per hour just before it struck the facility.