Lightning strike propels chunk of highway through Florida driver’s windshield

Orlando Sentinel

A lightning strike caused a chunk of a Florida highway to fly through a truck’s windshield Monday morning, injuring two people inside the vehicle.

The incident happened at about 7:30 a.m. near mile marker 81 on eastbound Interstate 10, Walton County Fire Rescue said.

Photos shared by fire rescue showed both the windshield and back window of the Ford truck shattered.

Both people were taken to an area hospital. Details about their conditions were not immediately available.

Heavy thunderstorms were rolling through the Panhandle on Monday morning.

Orlando Sentinel

One thought on “Lightning strike propels chunk of highway through Florida driver’s windshield

  1. Happened same time as the tropical storm started up and the sun double shot cme and a xray flare.
    This area was pointed at the sun when it happened.

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