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posted by mrpg on Monday April 01 2019, @07:39AM   Printer-friendly
from the storm dept.

Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956

[...] Kelley Gene Williamson and Randall Yarnall were heading north, directly towards the storm. At the time, on 28 March 2017, they were covering the event for the Weather Channel programme Storm Wranglers. [...] Yarnall was driving his Chevrolet truck at about 70mph (113km/h) at the time, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday. A video the friends were live-streaming for the Weather Channel's Facebook page showed they made no attempt to stop at the junction.

The footage cut out a split second before a Jeep driven by Corbin Jaeger drove westbound into the junction. Jaeger, who had the right of way, was driving away from the storm.

Williamson, Yarnall and Jaeger - a respected storm chaser working for the National Weather Service - were all killed on the spot.

The lawsuit, filed by Jaeger's mother, seeks up to $125m (£95m) in damages. It puts the blame firmly at the door of Williamson and Yarnall, whom it calls "habitually reckless and dangerous", as well as the Weather Channel.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47720417


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 01 2019, @06:26PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 01 2019, @06:26PM (#823186)

    Bla bla bla! The graveyards are full of people who had the right of way! Welcome to the club! Give the guy a number.