Video Shows Texas Tornado Flip, Spin Around Chevy Truck
By Anna Blake
March 22, 2022
Not much can get between Texans and their trucks. Not even a tornado.
A young driver of a red Chevy truck was suddenly in the throes of a tornado Monday.
Footage of the harrowing scene was caught storm chaser Brian Emfinger.
Omg… just going thru my video. This is a story about a red truck and a tornado…. I CANNOT believe they drove away like that. #txwx #tornado pic.twitter.com/8h0nD88xFv
— Brian Emfinger (@brianemfinger) March 22, 2022
Tornado crossing the road in front of me near Elgin, TX. The debris is from a mobile home that was destroyed. One person was taken away by ambulance. #txwx #tornado pic.twitter.com/Kr4Eb4Twuu
— Brian Emfinger (@brianemfinger) March 22, 2022
Amazingly, the driver, who storm chaser Marcus Reynolds estimated to be about a 16 to 17 year old boy, kept driving down the road. The driver suffered only a cut on his arm, according to Reynolds, who said he let the boy use his phone to call his parents. The tornado was classified as an EF-2, the fourth-strongest level of tornado, according to Reynolds.
Tornado just crossed the road right infront of me in Elgin@NWSSanAntonio @ReedTimmerAccu pic.twitter.com/opWfAUvyIL
— MARCUS REYNOLDS (@marcusreynold19) March 21, 2022
EF-2 damage, atleast one injury along SH-95 S in Elgin pic.twitter.com/ztL90kmzdY
— MARCUS REYNOLDS (@marcusreynold19) March 22, 2022
Elgin is about 25 miles northeast of Austin. Tornadoes struck other parts of the state during Monday’s storms, including Round Rock and Taylor.