IndyCar driver tweets photo of Starbucks destroyed by tornado
Conor Daly, the driver of the No. 88 Dale Coyne Racing Honda in the Verizon IndyCar Series, captured an incredible image on Wednesday that has gone viral across the Internet.
Daly was driving through Kokomo, Indiana, when he passed a Starbucks that had been grounded by a tornado earlier on in the day.
Unbelievable! Just left @kokomospeedway and found an entire Starbucks displaced by tornado! Hope everyone is ok! pic.twitter.com/PR3GwexNb0
— Conor Daly (@ConorDaly22) August 24, 2016
Never seen anything like this before #kokomo pic.twitter.com/AOPFm9YTE6
— Conor Daly (@ConorDaly22) August 24, 2016
At least eight tornados passed through central Indiana on Wednesday. A video shared by NBC Nightly News Senior editor Bradd Jaffy on Twitter shows the moment the Starbucks was blown over:
A tornado just demolished a Starbucks in Kokomo, Indiana. Wild video. pic.twitter.com/M3DiZwuGnV
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) August 24, 2016
Police report that around 15 people suffered minor injuries during Wednesday’s tornado outbreak, while several homes were destroyed.
