ATLANTA -- A reporter and photographer for WSB-TV miraculously escaped serious injury after driving their live truck into power lines Wednesday.

In the words of Georgia Power engineer Jeff Wilson, the WSB news crew that was in this satellite truck is “damn lucky.” Wilson said 115,000 volts of electricity surged through the truck and into the ground when the truck's mast hit these power lines.

“This is a transmission line, which means it transmits high voltage electricity from a substation out to the smaller distribution lines,” Wilson said.

At about 12:30 p.m., reporter Tom Jones and photographer Leonard Raglin had just finished covering a story at the Fulton County jail. The crew packed up their equipment, but they accidentally left their live truck’s transmission mast all the way up. The mast is basically a large antenna that sends television video and audio signals back to the station for reporters' live shots.

The truck drove out of the parking lot towards Marietta Street. Several Fulton County deputies saw what was happening and tried to stop the crew.

“I was about try to get in my vehicle and come advise the truck that the mast was still up. And just prior to me getting into the vehicle, I noticed an explosion,” said Deputy Reginald Turner.

When the mast hit the power line, part of the mast blew off. The surge blew a hole into the asphalt, rupturing a water line. There was an explosion and the truck caught fire, witnesses said. Miraculously, Jones and Raglin stumbled out of the truck with only minor injuries. They were listed in good condition at Grady Hospital.

They could have been killed.

"I've never anything like this before. I've never seen a seen this magnitude of an explosion," Turner said.