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

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

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

Lightning has killed a 34-year-old player and injured four others during a football match in the Peruvian Andes.

The player was walking off the pitch after the game had been paused due to a storm just before lightning struck. The soccer ...

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

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 soccer player has died after being struck by lightning during a game between Juventud Bellavista and Familia Chocca at Coto Coto Stadium in Peru on Sunday, Nov. 3 ...

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

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.

Footage showed many players falling face first to the ground as lightning struck the field in the 22nd minute of the match ...