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Lightning strike kills football player during match in Peru

Hugo de la Cruz was killed in the lightning strike with several other players injured
Hugo de la Cruz was killed in the lightning strike with several other players injured. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images/Reuters

Lightning has killed a 34-year-old player and injured five others during a football match in Peru.

Sunday’s game between Juventud Bellavista and Familia Chocca in Huancayo province, about 70km south-east of Lima, was halted when lightning first struck, but a second bolt hit players as they began leaving the field. Video footage shows eight of the players collapsing after a loud crack.

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