DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY/Gray News) - Students were injured after a suspected tornado hit a school in Alabama on Monday.

Paramedics went to Dothan Preparatory Academy after getting a call that a roof fell on five students.

Their injuries were described as “minor” and two students were treated at a hospital, according to Dothan Fire Chief Chris Etheredge.

Further information was not yet available.

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Two students have been transported to the hospital after a suspected tornado ripped the roof off a school in Alabama. The Dothan Fire Department confirmed in a press release that “a severe weather event” impacted the area surrounding Dothan Preparatory Academy in Dothan at around 12:30 p.m. local time on Monday, March 31, causing damage to the property. “There have been five reported minor injuries among DPA students. Two of these students have been transported to a local hospital for further evaluation,” the fire department continued in their release. Emergency...

Parents were scrambling to get their children from Dothan Preparatory Academy on Monday after a possible tornado damaged the school and caused damage in nearby areas. Roadways were closed and buses parked after the storm damaged the school’s gymnasium and library. At least five students sustained minor and moderate injuries and police said those injuries were addressed by Dothan Fire, which transported two with injuries to the hospital. Parents had to make plans to pick up students from the Doug Tew Recreation Center, where school officials set up a reunification...