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

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 ...

Peru is mourning the death of a soccer star. José Hugo de la Cruz Meza, a defender for Familia Chocca, died Nov. 3 after ...

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

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.

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.

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