LIBERTY, Ohio (WKBN) -- It was a close call for officers responding to a call in Liberty Township early Wednesday morning.

Girard officers were assisting Liberty with a disturbance at a facility on Colonial Drive when lightning struck nearby. Video shows a bright flash of light after a loud crack as the lightning hits what an officer described as a tree in the distance.

This happened just before 4 a.m. and was captured by a Girard officer's body camera.

The officers jump, and one of the officers says, "That startled me, man." Another officer comments, "That would make great body-cam footage!" as he walks over to the other officers.

It is unknown where exactly the lightning hit, but a viewer in Liberty also sent WKBN a photo showing lightning damage to a tree from Wednesday morning's st

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