Dashcam captures terrifying moment lightning nearly strikes Utah truck driver

A truck driver on a Utah freeway narrowly missed being struck by lightning amid severe weather earlier this week.Video of the incident appears to show the moment a lightning strike hit Interstate 84, near the mouth of Weber Canyon, just feet away from a moving truck on Tuesday night, ABC4.com reported.Motorist Tucker Ralphs captured the video on his dashcam as he was commuting home.INSANELY LUCKY GOLFER RECOVERING AFTER TAKING VIDEO OF HIMSELF BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING ON OHIO GOLF COURSE”Lightning struck the edge of the freeway feet from a truck just ahead of me,” he told Storyful, adding that it was “louder than you can imagine, with a very sharp ‘crack’ and ‘boom.’ Super bright, then gone in an instant.”The National Weather Service confirmed to the news outlet that the area experienced a thunderstorm. Data from the agency showed that a lightning strike hit the side of the freeway at about 9 p.m. local time.20-YEAR-OLD MICHIGAN MAN KILLED BY POSSIBLE LIGHTNING STRIKE IN FLORIDAA lightning strike can be deadly.A Michigan man, who had just moved to Florida days earlier, died earlier this month when he was apparently struck by lightning while on a walking path.LIGHTNING STRIKE TURNS 100-FOOT DINOSAUR INTO RAGING FIREBALL, STUNNING ONLOOKERSWitnesses tried performing CPR on Matthew Eric Jenkins, 20, who had moved to Central Florida to begin an internship program at Walt Disney World.