Terrifying moment 80mph winds rip back window out of woman’s car and hurl it to one side, leaving her fearful she was going to die
- Darlene Brown remembered saying to herself, “I’m dying,” when a storm hit
- Footage showed gale-force winds battering her car and blowing it out a window
A Houston woman said she feared for her life after gale-force winds tore her car off the ground and blew out her back window.
Darlene Brown was waiting in her car to pick up her brother last week when a massive storm blew through the Texas city, killing seven people and causing dangerous flooding.
Footage captured the moment the storm battered Brown’s Toyota Corolla, ripping out the rear window and lifting it off the rear wheels.
“I thought I was really going to blow away in the air,” Brown said ABC13as she remembered saying to herself, “I’m going to be swept out of this car…I’m going to die.”
Shocking footage captured the moment heavy storms tore through Houston, Texas last week, ripping a rear window off a Toyota Corolla and lifting it off its rear wheels
The car’s owner, Darlene Brown, said she feared for her life when her car was battered by the storms
Brown waited outside Wells Fargo Plaza to pick up her brother from work, but had to stay longer than expected.
βHe called me and said, ‘I’m stuck in the elevator,’β she said.
As she sat on the street, Brown said the storm blew through within moments, sending heavy winds and rain blowing through the city and sending debris flying.
Thousands of windows across the square were shattered, and Brown said she called her sister on the phone to calm herself as shards of glass and debris raced through the street.
“I say, ‘I’m about to die.’ I say, ‘It’s going to wipe me out of this car. I’m going to die,'” she recalled telling her sister.
The footage of the storm hitting her car was filmed by attorney Michael Lombardino, who shared the footage from his dashcam, and Brown said she realized her car was later on the news.
The huge wind lifted her car off its rear wheels and pushed it several feet to the side of the curb, and Brown said it “felt like I was going into the air.”
βI felt like it had picked it up and moved it, and I thought it was going to take it away,β she added.
Brown called her sister to wait out the storm and recalled telling her, “I’m dying.”
In an unfortunate twist, Brown said that although she fortunately emerged from the storm unscathed, she returned home to discover that a tree had partially fallen on her house.
In an unfortunate twist, Brown said that while she fortunately emerged unscathed from the storm, she returned home to discover that a tree had partially fallen on her house.
‘It can’t get any worse. βI’m just saying, I don’t know what we’re going to do now,β she said.
Brown said she was able to remove the tree without significant damage, but is still waiting to get back on the road as her car is in the repair shop.