Incredible moment lightning blows up a telegraph pole just metres from terrified drivers
- Terrified drivers witnessed the moment a lightning bolt crashed down nearby
- The group screamed as the fiery bolt blasted down onto a close telegraph pole
- One passenger jokingly told her friends she loved them as the rain poured down
Terrified drivers witnessed the moment a lightning bolt struck a telegraph pole, blowing it up.
The group screamed as the bolt blasted down onto the pole, just metres from a busy intersection in Holsworthy, south-west Sydney.
One female passenger jokingly told her friends she loved them as the rain poured down on them.
The dashcam footage showed the sky flash a silvery-white and heard the rumble of the thunder before the single strike came down.
Nobody was out and about in the residential neighbourhood and park area save for the car and another motorbike, which safely passed through the explosion.
Social media users were quick to commend the biker for his unflinching determination to continue riding through the storm.
Terrified drivers witnessed the moment a lightning bolt crashed down onto a telegraph pole, blowing it up
‘Glad that wasn’t me on the bike! New underwear would be required,’ one user wrote.
It comes in the midst of thunderstorms and heavy rainfall across the entire east coast of Australia.
BOM NSW forecaster David Wilke told Daily Mail Australia, ‘We’ve seen quite a lot of rainfall and severe storms prevalent in the last few days and we’re expecting this general pattern to continue in Sydney today.’
He said the thunderstorms are likely to continue tomorrow before clearing up on Monday.