A soccer player was struck by lightning during a match over the weekend in Peru, killing him and wounding four other players ...

A lighting strike during a local league soccer match in central Peru killed one player and injured four others on Sunday.

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

A Peruvian soccer player was killed when he was struck by lightning that had just caused a delay in his team’s match. The ...

TMZ reports that in the midst of a soccer match on Sunday (Nov. 3) between the Juventud Bellavista and Familia Chocca at Coto ...

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 ...

Goalkeeper Juan Chocca Llacta was among those injured when the lightning struck the ground, and was rushed to hospital to be ...

According to The Post, 39-year-old defender Jose Huge de la Cruz Meza was killed after suffering a direct strike. The ...

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

Peruvian soccer player Jose Hugo de la Cruz Meza has tragically died after getting struck by lightning on the field.

A Peruvian soccer player is dead after being struck by lightning during a match. Jose Hugo de la Cruz Meza was playing in a ...

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