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.

Lightning kills football player in Peru A 34-year-old football player was killed by lightning during a match in the Peruvian Andes on Sunday (Nov 3). The local tournament was halted when lightning first struck,

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

Footage showed many players falling face first to the ground as lightning struck the field in the 22nd minute of the match between local teams Juventud Bellavista and Familia Chocca

ALBAWABA - A terrifying video of several football players in Peru being hit by several lightning strikes took the internet by storm on a Sunday afternoo

A Peruvian football player was killed and several more were injured after being struck by lightning in the middle of a match.

Footballer Jose Hugo de la Cruz Meza has tragically died in Peru after he was struck by lightning during a game, with the incident leaving five other players injured

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

Teams in a local tournament in the Andean highlands east of Lima were leaving the pitch amid a weather delay when lightning struck, injuring several other players.