MattPetrulli Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Jeff Piotrowski reporting triple fatality accident west of Spur, TX. 2 are storm chasers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbrussell Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 2 minutes ago, MattPetrulli said: Jeff Piotrowski reporting triple fatality accident west of Spur, TX. 2 are storm chasers. Oh Good Grief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I hope the chasers in the stream I was watching are okay - their stream cut out as approached an intersection west of Spur. Looks like a harder to see stop sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Who were the name of the chasers? Not gonna put it out there who it was, being there's no way next of kin has been notified yet. VERY reliable sources are confirming it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherextreme Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 http://www.severestudios.com/livechase/ Derrick Ginter is at the location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upper Level LOL Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 1 minute ago, weatherextreme said: http://www.severestudios.com/livechase/ Derrick Ginter is at the location. Can we not rubberneck this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherextreme Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Here's a news link on the latest with the accident http://www.kcbd.com/story/35017443/dps-dickens-co-sheriff-called-to-triple-fatal-crash-west-of-spur-tx-possibly-involving-storm-chasers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 9 minutes ago, weatherextreme said: Here's a news link on the latest with the accident http://www.kcbd.com/story/35017443/dps-dickens-co-sheriff-called-to-triple-fatal-crash-west-of-spur-tx-possibly-involving-storm-chasers Some cryptic info on social media, including a post with the supposed identities that was quickly deleted. Tragic loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indystorm Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 We'll know the identities soon enough. Let families be notified. Accidents are unfortunately some of the highest risks when chasing from what I have seen written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPetrulli Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 Learned the identities, won't pass them along. Very sad day in the storm chasing community two chasers in their prime and great guys too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 since its all over Facebook now and his youtube channel with 5000 views might as well post it for those wondering well known chasers involved...if you click the link.... looks like a stop sign was ran and the car t-boned issue ..at the very end....(edited out) the audio is a little out of sync(behind) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natester Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 2 minutes ago, janetjanet998 said: since its all over Facebook now and this channel with 5000 views might as well post it for those wondering well known chasers...if you click the link looks like a stop sign was ran and the car t-boned..at the very end....(edited out) the audio is a little out of sync(behind) So very tragic to capture the very last moments of their lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I don't follow chasing very much living in NH. I did have the weather channel on this afternoon as the storms approached Spur Texas and they had the feed on from a chaser that seemed like it was this voice. I don't know if he was the one of the one's that was killed. Either way its no less tragic and my thoughts are with the families. Just awful.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Two of them are from my neck of the woods. I've followed his stream for a long time. Always saw him on spotter network around the area as well. Sad news indeed. I haven't heard who the third person was yet, I've heard rumors but nothing confirmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 "DPS releases ID's of the 3 crash victims. Kelley Williamson, 57. His passenger: Randall Yarnall, 55. Other driver was Corbin Jaeger, 25." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 The drivers and occupant in the two car crash west of Spur, Tx have been identified.The driver of the Suburban was identified as Kelley Gene Williamson, 57, of Cassville, Mo. Mr. Williamson was ejected from the vehicle at the time of the crash. Mr. Williamson was not wearing his seatbelt. The passenger in the Suburban was identified as Randall Delane Yarnall, 55, also of Cassville, Mo. Mr. Yarnall was wearing a seatbelt.The driver of the Jeep was identified as Corbin Lee Jaeger, 25, of Peoria, Arizona. Mr. Jaeger was wearing a seatbelt.The crash is still under investigation.Sergeant John GonzalezTexas Depart. Of Public Safety Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo762 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Just a solemn, and very sad reminder that life can change in the blink of an eye. Going to miss hearing Williamson on TWC and watching his streams, he always had a knack for being on the right storms it seemed. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherextreme Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 New Link from local DFW http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/03/28/two-storm-chasers-killed-near-lubbock/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstrunk Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 So sad. I enjoyed watching Kelley and Randall's live streams. They always seemed like nice people and were good storm chasers. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Sad... reports are one of the cars disregarded a stop sign and plowed through... RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natester Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 This snapshot is when the stream cuts out, JUST ONE SECOND before the fatal crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 2 minutes ago, yoda said: Sad... reports are one of the cars disregarded a stop sign and plowed through... RIP Yeah, it was clearly captured on the video. I'm sure there will be speculation on why/how they blew the stop sign, but I will say that something similar once happened to me while driving in the country and I wasn't chasing and didn't think I was distracted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherextreme Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 6 minutes ago, Natester said: This snapshot is when the stream cuts out, JUST ONE SECOND before the fatal crash. Looks like there's 3 more minutes of video 2:25 to 2:28 that is not shown . I'm guessing that must be stream delay or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natester Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 1 minute ago, weatherextreme said: Looks like there's 3 more minutes of video 2:25 to 2:28 that is not shown . I'm guessing that must be stream delay or something. Possibly stream delay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 TWC deserves to get shredded to pieces for this. Not even mentioning the name of Corbin Jaeger, who was certainly the most innocent here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKStorm Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Before the video is edited (stopped) I think he realizes what is happening as you clearly hear the engine accelerate hard, realizing there was no way to stop. Just a bad deal God Speed to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherextreme Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 18 minutes ago, Fast11 said: Before the video is edited (stopped) I think he realizes what is happening as you clearly hear the engine accelerate hard, realizing there was no way to stop. Just a bad deal God Speed to them. If you listen past the part where the video stopped (possible stream delay?) you can hear Kelley at the very end of it saying "Good rotation on that thing." Makes you wonder if that was the end delayed part of the audio and, he was looking away from the road towards the sky or something. (Just speculation) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Can't believe thats who was killed. Guy is arguably the second most famous chaser out there other than Timmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwburbschaser Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 44 minutes ago, Hoosier said: Yeah, it was clearly captured on the video. I'm sure there will be speculation on why/how they blew the stop sign, but I will say that something similar once happened to me while driving in the country and I wasn't chasing and didn't think I was distracted. I saw at least two signs as they approached the intersection that warned of the stop sign. That was so easily preventable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonbo Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 8 minutes ago, nwohweather said: Can't believe thats who was killed. Guy is arguably the second most famous chaser out there other than Timmer Yep, after losing Tim Samaras and co., and another one to a drunk driver (name escapes me now), this hits me almost as hard. I enjoyed Kelley's commentary while chasing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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