There's an urban legend that says a car's rubber tires will protect it from getting struck by lightning. Unfortunately, that ...

I t's long been known that if you're in a lightning storm, a car is a safer place to be than standing outside. Contrary to ...

A family in Illinois discovered this the hard way when lightning hit their Ford Edge last week. The car was on the move when it was struck, according to the family, which caused “a loud gunshot ...

Parts of the car exploded onto the Illinois highway as the lightning left a hole in the car’s roof, deputies said.

According to the family, the car was moving when they heard what sounded like a gunshot and smoke started to fill the interior. The three occupants got out of the car to see what had happened ...

A moving car was struck by lightning on an Illinois highway, deputies said. Photo by the Williamson County Sheriff's Office A “gunshot”-like sound startled a family as they drove down an ...