A man driving on a Florida highway was uninjured after a lightning strike damaged the compact SUV he was driving and left a 7-foot-long, 4-inch-wide gouge in the pavement, according to Florida Highway Patrol
The lightning strike damaged the compact SUV the 48-year-old was driving and left a 7-foot-long, 4-inch-wide gouge in the pavement, according to Florida Highway Patrol . The man, who police didn't name, was driving on Interstate 75 in Broward County when the strike occurred, during a heavy rainstorm, FHP said.CNN affiliate WPLG identified the driver as Ernesto Delhonte and spoke to him at the scene of the accident."I saw a light and ...
Read More"A typical cloud-to-ground, actually cloud-to-vehicle, lightning strike will either strike the antenna of the vehicle or along the roofline," reads the National Weather Service's website."The lightning will then pass through the vehicle's outer metal shell, then through the tires to the ground."The vehicle was towed from the scene and a roadway repair crew was notified of the pavement's damage, according to FHP.
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