A soccer player was struck by lightning during a match over the weekend in Peru, killing him and wounding four other players in a horrific incident caught on a live video stream of the game.
The lightning bolt struck José Hugo De la Cruz Meza, 39, a defender for the Chocca Family team, as players and referees were walking off the field due to worsening weather at the Coto Coto stadium near the city of Huancayo on Sunday, according to Peru’s state-run Andina news agency.
De la Cruz died immediately from the strike, Peruvian news outlets reported, before he was taken to a local hospital.
The team’s goalkeeper Juan Chocca Llacta, De la Cruz’s cousin, was left in serious condition, and three other players sustained burns.
