This is the dramatic moment a lightning bolt sends sparks flying into the air after striking three lorries parked in a lay-by in Russia - as the drivers sleep inside.

The trucks had stopped for the night in a lorry park on the side of the road in Komi Republic, Russia, when static lightning ripped down from the heavens

Truckers who had settled down for the evening and fallen asleep were woken up by the cataclysmic lightning bolt on July 5 at 10.30pm.

Two shocked male voices can be heard in the background of the video after the massive lightning strike. One of them reacts in Russian showing his astonishment while another adds ''it struck the lorries''.

According to the trucker who recorded it on dash cam, the drivers were not injured due to the incident, but the lightning bolt seriously damaged the vehicles.