Here’s What The Chevy Silverado Flipped In Tornado Looks Like: Video
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As GM Authority covered earlier in the week, a new viral video has been circulating the Internet showing one lucky Chevy Silverado driver narrowly escape a tornado after the storm flipped his pickup onto its side. Now, we’re getting a look at the aftermath of the harrowing experience in terms of damage done to the Chevy.
Local NBC-affiliated news outlet KXAN-TV managed to track down the Chevy pickup as well as another motorist that helped the Chevy driver after he escaped the twister.
“He was in shock,” Ruben Briones told KXAN. “He was, you know, crying. He did tell me it was scary.”
Understandable, considering what the Chevy Silverado driver had just experienced. Footage of the pickup shows that the truck is heavily damaged along the body panels, with deep scratches in the red paint from where the tornado spun the Silverado like a top on the pavement. The windows are gone, as are the sideview mirrors.
Miraculously, the driver was physically unharmed, with the exception of some minor cuts and bruises.
The severe storm touched down in the south-central region of Texas earlier this week, drawing storm chaser and photojournalist Brian Emfinger to document the event. While filming the tornado, Emfinger captured the red Chevy Silverado as it was flipped and spun around by high winds while debris swirled through the air.
Incredibly, after being rotated on its side, the truck was flipped back onto its wheels, allowing the driver to escape.
Naturally, enthusiasts and fans are pointing to the video as evidence of just how tough the Chevy Silverado really is, with some calling on General Motors to replace the damaged pickup with a brand-new vehicle.
Either way, the driver is undoubtedly just happy to get away with his life after the intense experience.
Over a dozen tornadoes were reported across the state of Texas on Monday and Tuesday, as well. Tornado watches were also put into effect through Tuesday afternoon in eastern Louisiana, Mississippi and western Alabama.
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That’s not bad at all considering it was tornado. He’s lucky it wasn’t bigger.
+1.. that Silverado came out of that event quite good.
All that matters, he’s ok..
Imagine the goodwill if GM gave this customer a new truck and used this footage as a vlog for an online documentary, part of the “Chevy Legends” club.
why let the insurance off the hook? they take our premiums every month and rarely give anything back. why dont they replace the truck and take the goodwill- really no goodwill cause they get paid to do just that.
GM and a local Chevy dealer did give this guy a new truck yesterday…..
GM wants the old one, no doubt, to tear down and study.
They are replacing it. Announced this morning.
IT TAKES A LICKING AND KEEPS ON TICKING.
Who took the video?
It looks like the oncoming vehicle has a dash cam.
It was a storm chaser who was following the tornado
Local stormchaser
A storm chaser.
Nice try. You got exposed. You’ve been backed into a corner and now you are desperate for an out, the fact you are trying to hijack my username speaks volumes. I’m going to alert the authorities if you continue this action, it’s technically libel and slander.
First we need to thank God that this driver survived and is physically Okay!!
Chevy/ GM should do the right thing and get this guy a new RED Chevy Silverado !!!
The fact that he survived is likely in part that he was driving a pickup , and it doesn’t hurt that it was a Chevy!!.
The truck looks to be an early 2000’s so more amazing that a truck 20 years old along with the driver survived a Tornado and the truck was still able to drive after the incident !!!
Even in the movies , they could not make a stunt like this !!
WOW
Driving your vehicle into a tornado is not a behavior GM or any other automaker should be encouraging.
So no GM should not give the guy a new truck.
It was a 16 year old kid. Decision making isn’t usually a good trait in some one that young. Give the kid a break
John
Rewarding stupid behavior only encourages more stupid behavior. If you give this guy a free truck, and you’ll have 100 daredevil wannabes doing crazy stunts. Trying to get a free truck.
I was witness to the storm on Monday that hit the Round Rock/Hutto area. The tornado missed my house by a half a mile. I wouldn’t have known there was a tornado in the area had I not been watching the news. I could initially see the tornado but after a few minutes lost sight of it because it started raining. At that point I took shelter. There was never any audible indication that the tornado had passed so close to my house. So someone driving on the road may not have had any indication as to what was about to happen so calling it stupid behavior is asinine. I’m not sure how giving this kid a new truck attributes to “daredevil wannabes” when I see many car commercials on TV where the cars are driven the piss out of with a tiny disclaimer at the bottom of the screen saying “don’t do this”.
Did you watch the video? Multi-lane highway in both directions. No one other vehicles around other than the flipped truck and the storm chaser that filmed the scene.
I find it hard to believe the driver of the red truck didn’t know he should not be on the road. Per the video, the storm chaser knew exactly where to be and everyone else knew not to be on road, hence no other vehicles around other than the idiot in his red truck.
GM should not be rewarding stupidity.
You obviously know nothing about the behavior of tornados.
Can you imagine when he got home..Daaaad??? Sorry about the truck. Then Today..Happy Dance.
Are his wheels for sale?
It only looked like a tornado it actually identifies as a happy four year old playing in the sandbox with match box cars.
my dog farted when she watched the video
I would never sell this truck. It’s the real red pick up from “Twister.”
Put the mirror and glass back in, and clear coat the damage..
Voila!
It’s the bad-ass patina all the kids are looking for.
(I think he’s earned a Looney Toon Tasmanian devil on the tail gate too.)
… if a kid ever earned his first beer, this one did.
The kid was leaving a job interview at a local Whataburger when he got caught in the storm. I don’t know how this can be turned into “stupid” behavior without knowing what actually happened. I live south of where this happened and those storms were quick and destructive. I’m glad he was not hurt worse than he was after that whole ordeal. He was complete spun into the opposite direction he was originally headed. Given the circumstances he did pretty good for a scared 16 year old. They did say that Whataburger in Manor hired him so if he were to be given a truck he would have a nice way to get to work.
The amazing thing is it was still running or was able to start easily after being on its side!
l guess folks will be taking boats out in hurricanes so they can get a new boat!
I think this is a great story BUT I’m worried that it might inspire some other teenager to take risks in a storm thinking they might get a freebie vehicle.
I’m curious if it’s a 4.8 or a 5.3…🤔
Look how well seat belts work: NHTSA
Why do we have all these negative comments? Are they jealous that his LIFE was spared? He got his blessing. Now if he would have lost his life then I think their tune would have been different. So with all with what’s going on in the world people why are some of you guys still have negativity in your hearts? Be thankful and keep it moving. I’m thankful that this young man’s life was spared plus he got 2 more blessings, a job and a new vehicle. May God continue to bless us all. Stay positive.