A police car's dashboard camera caught the moment a lightning bolt struck power lines in Mount Pleasant, sparking a fireball along a busy road and knocking out power.

Dashcam footage shows a transformer burst and utility lines on the other side of the road blowing up after a lightning strike on Aug. 11.

A dramatic lightning strike in South Carolina was captured on video by an officer’s dashcam. The Mount Pleasant Police Department cruiser and other motorists driving on Highway 17 caught a glimpse of what looked like a scene from an action movie on Monday when the lightning bolt struck a utility pole,