Reports of storm chaser killed on May 11th in MN

[Warren Faidley]

From Guy Still on Twitter:

"It appears a meteorologist from Mexico was killed stormchasing Wednesday night in SW Minnesota. The vehicle she was traveling in stopped for downed power lines and was struck be a semi. Hours before she and another person in the car were tweeting about the storm."

 

[Justin Stillman]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1524742687353618436

 

[Jamie Simms]

Currently writing about this sad incident (read here). Still going through lots of information.

 

[M Kaiser]

I found out about this on Discord myself about an hour ago. I’m trying to find out more myself.

 

[M Kaiser]

Okay. Everyone has has latched onto the story now. Broadcast media, newspapers, everyone.

There’s an occasional article that’s different, but the main article now seems to be a webpage version of a form letter — it’s the same story used repeatedly on different websites.

 

[Sean Mullen]

AP weighing in...

Storm chasers face host of dangers beyond severe weather

The deaths of four storm chasers over the last two weeks have underscored the inherent dangers of pursuing severe weather events and navigating traffic.

apnews.com

 

[Jeff Duda]

Have we heard any updates on the injured parties? Last I had heard, Brad Barrett was in the hospital in critical condition, but that was weeks ago now.