{"id":1469,"date":"2022-03-23T21:59:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T21:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linksus.net\/we-found-the-red-pickup-truck-that-flipped-over-in-elgin-tornado-kxan-com\/"},"modified":"2022-03-23T21:59:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T21:59:46","slug":"we-found-the-red-pickup-truck-that-flipped-over-in-elgin-tornado-kxan-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/2022\/03\/23\/we-found-the-red-pickup-truck-that-flipped-over-in-elgin-tornado-kxan-com\/","title":{"rendered":"We found the red pickup truck that flipped over in Elgin tornado &#8211; KXAN.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxan.com\/\" rel=\"home\">KXAN Austin<\/a><br \/>Please enter a search term.<br \/>Please enter a search term.<br \/> \t\tby: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxan.com\/author\/brianna-hollis\/\" title=\"Posts by Brianna Hollis\" class=\"author url fn\" rel=\"author\">Brianna Hollis<\/a>\t\t<br \/> \t\t\tPosted: <time datetime=\"2022-03-22T19:41:14-05:00\">Mar 22, 2022 \/ 07:41 PM CDT<\/time>\t\t<br \/> \t\t\tUpdated: <time datetime=\"2022-03-22T19:41:17-05:00\">Mar 22, 2022 \/ 07:41 PM CDT<\/time>\t\t<br \/> \t\tby: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxan.com\/author\/brianna-hollis\/\" title=\"Posts by Brianna Hollis\" class=\"author url fn\" rel=\"author\">Brianna Hollis<\/a>\t\t<br \/> \t\t\tPosted: <time datetime=\"2022-03-22T19:41:14-05:00\">Mar 22, 2022 \/ 07:41 PM CDT<\/time>\t\t<br \/> \t\t\tUpdated: <time datetime=\"2022-03-22T19:41:17-05:00\">Mar 22, 2022 \/ 07:41 PM CDT<\/time>\t\t<br \/>ELGIN, Texas (KXAN) \u2014 &#8220;He was in shock; he was crying,&#8221; said Ruben Briones, who said he helped the driver of the red pickup truck seen flipping over on Highway 290 in Elgin in a widely-circulated video. <br \/>&#8220;He told me it was scary,&#8221; said Briones, who added the driver is from Manor but is leaving the truck in Elgin near where the tornado touched down for the time being. <br \/>The video of the truck driving through the tornado has gone viral. Hundreds of thousands have seen it across the world.<br \/>That includes Elgin resident Keith Leschber. He also happens to drive a red pickup truck. It was parked safely at home when the tornado hit, but when his friends saw the video \u2014 they got worried.<br \/>&#8220;He sees me and runs up to me, and I&#8217;m like, &#8216;what&#8217;s up man?&#8217; He said, &#8216;I just want to see if you&#8217;re alright. I saw that red truck, and I didn&#8217;t know if it was you,&#8217;&#8221; he said. <br \/>The driver of the red truck in the viral video only has minor injuries.<br \/>&#8220;He had a scrape or some cuts on his left arm,&#8221; said Commander Aaron Crim with the Elgin Police Department. Crim pointed us to a Facebook post by Briones of the truck, telling us it was the same one he saw on scene. <br \/>Below are images of what the truck looks like now.<br \/>The windows are blown out. The side panels are dented and scraped. The rear view mirrors are gone. <br \/>Commander Crim said he spoke with the driver on the side of the road shortly after the tornado hit. <br \/>&#8220;I asked if he was okay, and he shook his head and didn&#8217;t really answer me,&#8221; he said. At that point, Crim had not seen the video yet.<br \/>&#8220;Now I understand why he had a blind stare. I&#8217;m sure he was scared to death,&#8221; he said. Crim said a woman who identified herself as an off-duty EMT had wrapped the driver&#8217;s arm in a bandage. <br \/>We&#8217;re still working to track down the driver himself. Police said they believe he&#8217;s in his late teens or 20s. <br \/>Copyright 2022 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxan.com\/news\/local\/bastrop-county\/we-found-the-red-pickup-truck-that-flipped-over-in-elgin-tornado\/\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KXAN AustinPlease enter a search term.Please enter a search term. by: Brianna Hollis Posted: Mar 22, 2022 \/ 07:41 PM CDT Updated: Mar 22, 2022 \/ 07:41 PM CDT by: Brianna Hollis Posted: Mar 22, 2022 \/ 07:41 PM CDT Updated: Mar 22, 2022 \/ 07:41 PM CDT ELGIN, Texas (KXAN) \u2014 &#8220;He was in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":869,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}