Lightning strike comes 'awfully close' to Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper helping motorist

[Johnboy60]

The trooper was assisting a motorist when lightning struck nearby.

Lightning strike comes 'awfully close' to Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper helping motorist

 

[public hermit]

Wow! That will cause your children to be born naked, with no teeth. Scary.

 

[Dansiph]

The trooper was assisting a motorist when lightning struck nearby.

Lightning strike comes 'awfully close' to Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper helping motorist

I'm glad it missed but I wonder if that was survivable if it did hit him

 

[Tigger45]

That’s enough to make a trooper take a, well you know

 

[Darkhorse]

I'm glad it missed but I wonder if that was survivable if it did hit him

Overall, 1 out of 3 lightning strikes is fatal.