WeatHer Channel meteorologist Mike Bettes was nursing minor injuries Saturday, including stitches in his hand, a day after the SUV that he and two photographers were riding in was thrown 200 yards by a twister in Oklahoma.
The Weather Channel said all the occupants were wearing safety belts and walked away from the banged-up vehicle.
It’s the first time a Weather Channel personality has been injured while covering violent weather, a network spokeswoman said.
“That was the scariest moment of my life,” Bettes said. “I had never been through anything like it before.” He and his crew were trying to outrun a tornado in El Reno, Okla.