Video captures moment soccer player killed by lightning strike

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A shot subordinate was struck by lightning during a lucifer complete nan play successful Peru, sidesplitting him and wounding 4 different players successful a horrific incident caught connected a unrecorded video watercourse of nan game. The lightning bolt struck José Hugo De la Cruz Meza, 39, a defender for nan Chocca Family team, arsenic players and referees were stepping disconnected nan section owed to worsening upwind astatine nan Coto Coto stadium adjacent nan metropolis of Huancayo connected Sunday, according to Peru's state-run Andina news agency.

De la Cruz died instantly from nan strike, Peruvian news outlets reported, earlier he was taken to a section hospital. The team's goalkeeper Juan Chocca Llacta, De la Cruz's cousin, was near successful superior condition, and 3 different players sustained burns.

The video of nan onslaught shows nan players stepping calmly disconnected nan section erstwhile a flash of ray concisely engulfs Meza.

He and astir half of a twelve different players instantly autumn over. Llacta, who was stepping correct adjacent to Meza, and 5 different players who were somewhat farther away, tin beryllium seen moving again quickly, pinch immoderate appearing to rotation astir successful pain, but nan clip does not show De la Cruz move again.

Video from aft nan match, which was ended aft nan lighting onslaught astir 20 minutes into play, showed group looking astatine scorch marks connected nan writer wherever nan lightning struck.

Llacta, who survived his superior injuries, told Peru's Daily Mail newspaper connected Monday that they were stepping disconnected nan section together pinch their arms astir 1 different conscionable earlier nan lightning strike.

"I fto spell of him, we took 3 steps and nan lightning deed us," he was quoted arsenic saying. "... I felt a flash of ray successful my caput and my mind went blank, and past I don't retrieve thing else. I regained consciousness successful nan hospital. I convey God for giving maine a chance astatine life. I'm amazed I americium alive."

According to nan newspaper, De la Cruz's family held a aftermath for him successful his hometown adjacent Huancayo, putting his fire-scorched azygous connected show adjacent to his coffin.

The Daily Mail reported his family was seeking financial support from section authorities to thief screen nan disbursal of nan funeral, and for nan future, arsenic his woman has been near to support 3 young children connected her own.