Lightning has killed a 34-year-old player and injured five others during a football match in Peru.

  • 34-year-old Hugo De La Cruz dies on way to hospital

  • Other players treated in hospital after incident

Sunday’s game between Juventud Bellavista and Familia Chocca in Huancayo province, about 70km south-east of Lima, was halted when lightning first struck, but a second bolt hit players as they began leaving the field. Video footage shows eight of the players collapsing after a loud crack.

  • Pistcow
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    3 days ago

    You sure he wasn’t just flopping?