Story highlights Three storm chasers were pronounced dead at the sceneA confirmed tornado was reported in Dickens County, according to CNN Weather(CNN) Three storm chasers were killed Tuesday while chasing a tornado in Texas, authorities said. They were pronounced dead at the scene of a two-vehicle crash about 5 miles west of Spur, officials said. The crash occurred when a black Suburban traveling north on Farm to Market Road 1081 about 3:30 p.m. ran through a stop sign and collided with a Jeep traveling west on Farm to Market Road 2794, according to Sgt. Storm chasers were in both vehicles, authorities said. Lt. Bryan Witt of the DPS said the three were chasing a tornado in Dickens County.

Source: CNN March 29, 2017 00:00 UTC