A man driving down an Oklahoma highway got the shock of his life.

His car was struck by lightning on the Will Rogers Turnpike in Catoosa, Oklahoma, the Claremore Daily Progress reported.

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The strike ended up destroying the 2016 Toyota Prius.

Fire officials responded to a call of an ambulance request. When they got there, they found smoke coming from beneath the hood of the hybrid car.

The vehicle then caught fire. The car's passengers said there had been a loud noise and that lightning had hit their vehicle. The driver maintained control, but officials said he was shaken up after the lightning strike.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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