Football player dies, others injured by lightning in stadium (video)

Written By ندى ماهر عبدربه on 2024/11/04

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Arab Weather - Peruvian football player Jose Hugo de la Cruz Meza died after being struck by lightning during a match held on Sunday, while at least one other player was injured.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Among the injured, goalkeeper Juan Chuca is in critical condition due to severe burns, while the health status of the rest of the players affected by the accident has not yet been announced.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The incident occurred at around 4:00 p.m. local time (21:00 GMT) at the Coto Coto stadium in the city of Chicha, in the department of Huancayo, where the match between local teams Juventud Bellavista and Familia Chuca was being played amid stormy weather conditions.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Video footage showed the moment the lightning struck, causing a number of players to suddenly fall to the ground. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="en" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> At least one person was killed after being struck by lightning on a soccer field in the city of Junín, Peru. <a href="https://t.co/Ck8GEpCYo2">pic.twitter.com/Ck8GEpCYo2</a></p> — Breaking News (@TheNewsTrending) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheNewsTrending/status/1853299938249080976?ref_src=t... 4, 2024</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> See also:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D9%84... player dies in devastating floods in Spain</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%AC%D8%A8%D9%84-%D9%81%D9%88... Mount Fuji without snow for first time in 130 years</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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