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

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

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

"We join in solidarity and extend our sincere condolences to the family," it said in a statement. Though lightning has struck football matches in Peru before, causing injuries, the weekend incident ...

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

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

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