On a miserable day two years ago, two celebrity storm chasers crashed into a 25-year-old man’s Jeep. All three men were killed instantly.
On a miserable day two years ago, two celebrity storm chasers crashed into a 25-year-old man’s Jeep. All three men were killed instantly.
It was March 28,2017, and Kelley Williamson and Randall Yarnall, stars of the Weather Channel’s “Storm Wranglers,” were chasing a tornado near Spur, Texas. The duo, in a Chevy Suburban, were going 70 mph when they ran a stop sign and hit Corbin Lee Jaeger’s Jeep. Jaeger, who was employed as a storm spotter at the National Weather Service, was driving away from the storm, according to the BBC.
Jaeger’s mother, Karen Di Piazza, has now filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Weather Channel, alleging that her son had the right of way when the storm chasers hit him. She is seeking $125 million in damages.
Williamson and Yarnall were live-streaming their pursuit of a storm from the Weather Channel’s Facebook page, according to Fox News.
“The storm isn’t very far in front of us right now,” Williamson said on the stream.
