Spinning truck: Red truck picked up by tornado found
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By Natalie Dreier, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Video of a truck being spun by a tornado then righting itself before being driven off went viral earlier this week after storms touched down in Texas and Oklahoma.
In case you missed the video, you can see it on Twitter or below.
KXAN caught up with the man who helped the driver, who was no doubt shaken by the event.
Ruben Briones said the man was “in shock. He was crying.”
The driver, whom police believe is in his late teens or 20s, only had minor injuries.
“He had a scrape or some cuts on his left arm,” Commander Aaron Crim told KXAN.
The truck, however, didn’t make it out of the storm unscathed.
The truck sustained many scratches and dents. Its rearview mirrors were ripped off and the windows were blown out.
Tornadoes Michael Talamantez looks at his house on Stratford Drive in Round Rock, Texas, after it was destroyed by a tornado while he was inside on Monday March 21, 2022. "I thought I was going to die," he said. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) (Jay Janner/AP)
Tornadoes Michael Talamantez talks to a firefighter in his house on Stratford Drive in Round Rock, Texas, after it was destroyed by a tornado while he was inside on Monday March 21, 2022. "I thought I was going to die," Talamantez said. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) (Jay Janner/AP)
Tornadoes Kristie Wofford looks at the damage after a tornado heavily damaged several homes on Oxford Drive in Round Rock, Texas, on Monday March 21, 2022. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) (Jay Janner/AP)
Tornadoes Michael Talamantez comforts his girlfriend Derry Schroer after Talamantez' house on Stratford Drive in Round Rock, Texas was destroyed by a severe storm, reported as a tornado, while they were inside on Monday March 21, 2022. "I thought I was going to die," he said. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) (Jay Janner/AP)
Tornadoes Jarrod Schneider, who lives on Oxford Drive in Round Rock, Texas, helps his neighbors clean up after a tornado heavily damaged several homes on the street on Monday ,March 21, 2022. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) (Jay Janner/AP)
Tornadoes Debris litters the ground surrounding homes, damaged by a tornado, on Oxford Drive and Stratford Drive in Round Rock, Texas Monday, March 21, 2022. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) (Jay Janner/AP)
Tornadoes Police cars sit parked outside a bank, damaged by a tornado, near I-35 and SH 45 in Round Rock, Texas, on Monday March 21, 2022. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) (Jay Janner/AP)
Tornadoes Debris litters the ground outside a house on Oxford Drive in Round Rock, Texas that was heavily damaged by a tornado on Monday March 21, 2022. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) (Jay Janner/AP)
Tornadoes People look at the damage after a tornado hit a shopping center near I-35 and SH 45 in Round Rock, Texas, on Monday, March 21, 2022. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) (Jay Janner/AP)
Tornadoes A truck is knocked on its side after a tornado hit a shopping center near I-35 and SH 45 in Round Rock, Texas, on Monday, March 21, 2022. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) (Jay Janner/AP)