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Lightning Struck in OÖ in Channel Lid and Threw over Driving Car

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After lightning hit, the pressure wave in Mitterkirchen also recorded a passing passenger car. The driver was locked in the collapsed vehicle.

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The 27-year-old handlebar survived the incident unharmed.

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Unusual accident during the evening thunderstorm in Upper Austria: In Mitterkirchen just before a driver struck a lightning in a canal roof. Due to the pressure wave, the lid was thrown up and hit the car.

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After lightning hit, the pressure wave in Mitterkirchen also recorded a passing passenger car. The driver was locked in the collapsed vehicle.

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A lightning strike just in front of his car brought a 27-year-old in Upper Austria into a dangerous situation. A channel cover was thrown up by the force and hit the driving car.

An incredible accident in Upper Austria: lightning strikes into a channel lid and lifts a driving car into the air. The driver survives the incident as if miraculously unharmed.

On Wednesday evening, a lightning strike on the road in Mitterkirchen (Perg district) caused a driving car to tip over. The lightning had hit a channel cover immediately before the car, which was thrown up. The following pressure wave lifted the vehicle. The 27-year-old handlebar managed to steer back to the road, but then the car tipped over, the police reported. The driver survived the incident unharmed.

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nachrichten.at broke the news in Linz, Austria on Thursday, September 17, 2026.
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