A Lightning Bolt Sent A Chunk Of Pavement Flying Through A Truck’s Windshield And The Photos Are Straight Out Of ‘Final Destination’

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The second movie in the Final Destination franchise didn’t really go down in history as a cinematic classic, but it’s permanently ingrained in the memory of every single person that has a Pavlovian urge to change lanes whenever they find themselves driving behind a truck hauling logs on a highway.

Sure, it might like a paranoid response, and while I can’t find any data to confirm this hunch, I’m willing to bet more people have been killed by things flying off the back of a tractor-trailer than those who’ve died as a result of trying to avoid that fate by erring on the side of caution.

However, there’s only so much you can do when it comes to making sure large objects don’t make their way through your windshield at incredibly high speeds—a lesson that two people in Florida recently learned the hard way courtesy of Mother Nature.

According to CNN, two unidentified occupants of a pickup truck making its way down I-10 in Florida on Monday were lucky to walk away alive from a terrifying accident after a bolt of lightning apparently dislodged a chunk of pavement from the highway and sent it hurtling through the vehicle’s front and back windows.

Officials from Walton County Fire Rescue were dispatched from the scene and snapped some photos after the occupants were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, which is pretty amazing when you take a look at the extent of the damage.

I wish the driver and the passenger a quick recovery and would strongly advise them to avoid sticking their hand in a garbage disposal for the foreseeable future.

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Connor Toole is the Deputy Editor at BroBible. He is a New England native who went to Boston College and currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. Frequently described as "freakishly tall," he once used his 6'10" frame to sneak in the NBA Draft and convince people he was a member of the Utah Jazz.