DICKENS COUNTY, TEXAS — This past week, three men died chasing after a potential twister in Texas, but surprisingly, it wasn’t a tornado that killed them in the end.
On March 28, Weather Channel contractors Kelley Williamson, 57, and Randall Yarnell, 55, were tracking a storm in a black suburban, heading north. Meanwhile, young storm chaser Corbin Lee Jaeger, 25, was heading west toward the same site in his jeep. As both vehicles approached an intersection, Williamson’s eyes were fixated on the storm. Distracted, he blew through a stop sign, leading to a catastrophic two-car collision.
At the time of the crash, Williamson was not wearing his seatbelt, and was ejected from his SUV. All three men died on impact.
Veteran storm chasers, Williamson and Yarnell were livestreaming their pursuit of the twister for almost two and a half hours. Their video feed froze just seconds before the crash. The video was uploaded to Williamson’s YouTube channel shortly afterwards.
Williamson and Yarnell are mourned by their Weather Channel colleagues. Jaeger, from Arizona, was certified by the National Weather Service as a storm spotter.
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those 2 storm chasers are idiots, driving reckless, ran 8 stop signs, hit by a jeep took a 3 lives., and driver doesn't wear a seatbelt on got ejected jaeger mother sues weather channel $128 million that's karma and that what you get.
Idiots
This narration sounds too happy and hyped…like c'mon three people passed away…this was a tragedy of people who loved doing what they loved…RIP
0:06 it's Pecos Hank, come on! not Picos!
NICE ANIMATIONS… FROM PIXAR???
what in the music ? maybe X ray dog ja
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Kevin
Hey tornados come to Oregon oh wait we got mountains
The photo credit at 0:07 is spelled wrong. It's Pecos Hank. Not Picos Hank.
Tomo news you should create a patreon.
That way you get donations and don't lose money
They were NOT chasing a tornado (proper name for twister). They were chasing a storm hoping it would produce one.
RIP for these 3 men
I'm so sorry about the guys that die chasing the storm may you guys all RIP.
What a twist
This is disgusting! And distasteful!
this 8 th grader recently passed on march 18 2017 from a car crash😢rip kevin
The crash saddened me. I was watching Kelley's stream just maybe an hour before… So sad
That was a stormy crash
RIP Jeep guy.
Wow the tornado wranglers were swept up by a car crash.
What a Twister.
blood sacrifice? for the show?
This is why we need seat belts!
oh shit tornado again
No😭 I watch Kelly every stream
Seat-belts are for sissies, not for storm chasers. Aaaawwww… crash. RIP.
That's where stupidity ends you
noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo the storm Wrangler guy ;( man
wow what a twister of fate
Haha first!!