True horror scene
Horrible! Footballer killed by lightning during match
A gruesome death drama has shaken the sport in Peru: in the middle of a soccer match, lightning struck the pitch of the Coto Coto stadium - killing one player and seriously injuring several others!
The tragedy took its course during a regional tournament in Huancayo, around 200 kilometers east of the capital Lima, specifically 23 minutes after the start of the duel between Juventud Bellavista and Familia Chocca.
It was a bitter pill to swallow: just moments before the fatal lightning strike, the refereeing team had decided to interrupt the game and send the players from both teams off the pitch in view of the increasingly threatening thunderstorm.
De la Cruz was probably killed instantly
As a video from the live broadcast shows, the players were moving slowly towards the changing rooms without any great rush or obvious concern when lightning struck 39-year-old José Hugo De la Cruz on the right-hand side of the screen.
As if by magic, nine or ten other players collapsed alongside the Juventud Bellavista defender. According to media reports, De la Cruz died instantly, but all the other players survived the lightning strike. However, four of them had to be taken to hospital, but their lives are not in danger.
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