The player, José Hugo De la Cruz Meza, was involved in a regional tournament game between two low-level local teams, C.D. Juventud Bellavista and U.D. Familia Chocca, in Huancayo, Peru, when lightning struck the field, the Peruvian newspaper La República and other local news media reported.

A local Peruvian soccer match was called off due to weather, but as players left the field, lighting struck, killing one man and wounding five others.

The player was walking off the pitch after the game had been paused due to a storm just before lightning struck. The soccer player was hit by lightning and killed on November 4, 2024. The incident occurred at Coto Coto stadium in the town of Chilca,