Chevrolet to donate new truck to Texas teen who went viral for driving through tornado
“So I saw that U-turn and I’m like, I’m going to take this one ‘cause I can...I can see it and I don’t see nothing strange around,” he told KTBC. “And around right when I was going to take the U-turn, that’s when the tornado coming and it lifted my truck. And that’s when the infamous video of me came out.”
Leon suffered minor cuts during the tumble, but was later taken to the hospital on Thursday due to fractures on his back, Emfinger’s video of Leon’s turbulent moment immediately went viral, with more than 98,000 likes and 21,000 retweets on Twitter.“This is a story about a red truck and a tornado. I CANNOT believe they drove away like that.”Chevrolet will also donate $50,000 to the American Red Cross to help with recovery efforts throughout Texas after Monday’s tornado outbreak.
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