at the scott township police station actually covering another story. started rolling on the storm, and look at this. that's a lightning strike hitting a utility pole that severed the power line. they were 40 feet way from this lightning strike when this thing happened. of course, they kept rolling. next you'll see scott township police chief jim out there in the middle of this busy road. this is greentree road. he's out there directing traffic, trying to get people to steer clear of this downed power line, and you can actually hear him shouting to cars. >> back! >> then, watch what happened next. >> oh, wow! >> see that big flash of orange. you see smoke. the coil line it wasn't another lightning strike. some sort of explosion happened with the coiled line that was down there on the line. >> he wasn't still standing in the street, i hope? >> you see him run out of the shot. >> the very loud vibration -- caused me to run straightaway from it. my instinct told me it was powerful voltage. >> fortunately because of his actions no drivers were injured in th