Riley Leon leads in style. The 16-year-old Texan survived a painful and bizarre ordeal last week when a storm hunter’s camera inadvertently captured him as a tornado near Austin tilted his Chevy pickup to his side and threw it back at his wheels, allowing him to removed. in security. Leon’s trial was mistakenly recorded in a storm hunter’s video (Brian Emfinger / Live Storms Media) “It was my first time in a tornado and hopefully my last,” he told Fox 7 in Austin. Leon, who was on his way home from a job interview at a Whataburger restaurant. Chevrolet Vice President Bruce Lowrie Randall Shapiro and Chevrolet South Central Regional Director Don Wagner unveiled the truck to Leon on Saturday. (Chevrolet) The truck was severely damaged, Bruce Lowrie Chevrolet in Fort Worth and the automaker worked together to give it a brand new Silverado Texas Edition 2022 pickup on Saturday. The Silverado 1500 Texas Edition is worth over $ 50,000. (Brandon Wade for Chevrolet) “When we saw the video, we were all very moved,” said Don Wagner, Chevrolet’s regional director. “You see what happened and you think your child was in this truck and he was spinning, so honestly, we were very happy and grateful he was safe, and as soon as we recognized him, we immediately tried to reach out, we tried to find him.” Along with the truck, valued at more than $ 50,000, the dealer also gave Leon $ 15,000 in expenses. Leon broke his back in the incident and may need surgery, but his family has no health insurance, according to the Austin American-Statesman CLICK HERE TO RECEIVE THE FOX NEWS APPLICATION One of his high school teachers set up a Go Fund Me page to help and wrote that “he is a wonderful, smart student making plans to graduate next year and could really use a little love from our community and anyone else can to have seen this video and prayed for the passengers “. Leon
