A Florida woman driving through a nasty electrical storm on Monday says she got the shock of her life - literally - when her moving car was struck by lightning.

Retail store manager Sheena Easterday, 28, was driving home from work in Polk City when she saw a bright white light in her car.

All of a sudden the vehicle shut down in the middle of Interstate 4 and both her airbags deployed.

The car then filled with smoke, but Easterday couldn't get out because her power locks were busted as well.

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Frightened: Sheena Easterday shows how the back window of her car shattered after the vehicle was hit by lightning during a storm in Polk City, Florida, on Monday night

Emergency: The 28-year-old was taken to hospital with minor injuries following the scary incident this week

After her Chevy was hit, Easterday posted photos of the damage done to her car to her Instagram

Totaled: The car was only one month old, but the effect of the electricity has totaled it

Strike: Seen here is a burn mark caused by the lightning that hit the car. It also caused plastic features to melt

Melted: The lightning strike has completely totaled the car, even though the cosmetic damage is not significant

'I can't breathe. I can't get out of my car,' Easterday, 28, can be heard saying in a frantic 911 call obtained by ABC News.

'I was doing 45 and all of a sudden my airbags just went off.

'I don't know if my car got hit by lightning; I don't know what happened.'

Easterday's car - a 2012 Chevy Malibu - is only one month old.

However the lightning strike has completely totaled the car, even though the cosmetic damage is not significant.

The back window smashed, there are numerous burn marks and melted plastic.

Easterday also put on her Instagram account that were small holes all over the car.

She was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

The injuries sustained were mostly from the airbag.

Easterday said that ll of a sudden the vehicle shut down in the middle of Interstate 4 and both her airbags deployed, causing the car to fill with smoke

Strangely, both Easterday's father and brother have also both been hit by lightning.

Joe Dwyer, professor of physics at the University of New Hampshire's Space Science Center, warned that its actually quite common for a car to be struck by lightning in a storm.

The best place to be in a storm, Dwyer told ABC, is inside.

'The reason that cars are a relatively safe place to be when lightning strikes is most of the current flows around the metal body of the car and not inside it,' Dwyer told the network.

'Contrary to popular belief, the tires offer almost no protection, since lightning can easily spark across the last few inches of air to reach the ground.'



