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

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

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

Lightning killed a 34-year-old player and injured four others during a football match in the Peruvian Andes. The local tournament game between Juventud Bellavista and Familia Chocca in Huancayo ...

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

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 ...

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

"We join in solidarity and extend our sincere condolences to the family," it said in a statement. Though lightning has struck ...

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

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

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.