The player, José Hugo De la Cruz Meza, was involved in a regional tournament game between two low-level local teams, C.D.

A tragic incident in a lower-division match in Peru saw a lightning strike claim the life of a player of the pitch.

Though lightning has struck football matches in Peru before, causing injuries, the weekend incident was the first known ...

In a clip circulating on social media, Meza and four others were seemingly walking off the field when lightning struck. A ...

Lightning killed a 34-year-old player and injured four others during a football match in the Peruvian Andes. The local tournament game between Juventud Bellavista and Familia Chocca in Huancayo ...

A soccer player was killed by a lightning strike during a game on Sunday in Peru, according to Peruvian state news service Andina and Reuters. José Hugo De ...

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

One person was killed and several were critically injured when lightning struck during a championship soccer match in ...

"We join in solidarity and extend our sincere condolences to the family," it said in a statement. Though lightning has struck ...

A Peruvian amateur soccer player was killed and seven others were injured by a lightning strike during their match in a remote Andean city.

José Hugo de la Cruz Meza, a 39-year-old defender for Familia Chocca, died Nov. 3 after being struck by lightning during a televised soccer game in Peru.

Lightning kills football player in Peru A 34-year-old football player was killed by lightning during a match in the Peruvian ...