Incredible Moment Lightning Strikes

 

A motorist had the shock of his life when a bolt of lightning struck a lorry as it was driving towards him.

The man, driving home near Wroclaw, western Poland, was filming torrential rain flooding the city when lightning struck.

The huge bolt slams into the top of the lorry – which is then momentarily engulfed in flames.

Polish road safety expert Jozef Wieczorek said: “Instances where vehicles are hit by lightning are extremely rare simply because they are sitting on rubber tyres, and that means they don’t earth the electricity through the vehicle.

“When it does happen, all that usually takes place is that the electricity goes round the vehicle, and that seems to be the case here.

“If you look at the video you can see that the lightning seems to go round the lorry before it hits the central reservation and the central crash barrier, leaving a red hot glowing spot that quickly vanishes behind the car.

“It seems as if the lightning was destined for the crash barrier which is metal and the truck was simply in the way.

“The reason there was no report of an accident is because the truck was probably not damaged although it would have made a deafening bang inside the cab.”

According to police, there were no reported injuries or accidents on the A8 motorway where the lightning strike happened.