Lightning Sends Chunk of FL Road Through Truck Window

A freak weather incident happened in Walton County when lightning struck a highway and sent debris through a moving pickup truck's windshield, injuring two occupants.

By Joe Mario Pedersen

Source Orlando Sentinel

May 11, 2021

Two people were injured in Walton County, FL, on Monday when a lightning strike sent a chunk of highway through the windshield of a moving pickup truck.

ORLANDO, FL—A lightning strike blew up part of a Florida highway and sent a chunk of it into the windshield of a moving vehicle.

The strike occurred just before 7:30 a.m. on Monday, according to Walton County Fire Rescue.

First responders responded to a call in reference to a traffic crash involving a truck and road debris on Interstate 10 a few miles before the U.S. Highway 331 exit in Walton County.

Just after 7:30 AM this morning, WCFR was dispatched to a traffic crash near mile marker 81 eastbound on I-10....
Posted by Walton County Fire Rescue, Florida on Monday, May 10, 2021

The crew arrived to find a black truck with a massive hole in the windshield and a blown-out back window panel.

The lightning strike sent a piece of the roadway flying into the windshield and injured two occupants inside, WCFR said.

Both people were sent to the hospital, but no information on their status was released.

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