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A local Peruvian soccer match was called off due to weather, but as players left the field, lighting struck, killing one man and wounding five others. Video captures moment soccer player killed by ...
A soccer player has died after being struck by lightning midway through a live TV game. On Sunday, Nov. 3, Jose Hugo de la Cruz Meza, 39, was killed after the bolt hit him during a game between ...
A Peruvian soccer player is dead after being struck by lightning during a match. Jose Hugo de la Cruz Meza was playing in a televised game between Juventud Bellavista and Familia Chocca in Peru ...
It is estimated that lightning injuries occur 240,000 times a year with 24,000 deaths. [1] Among pregnant women who are hit by lightning, the death of the fetus occurs in about half. [1] In the United States about 1 in 10,000 people are hit by lightning during their lifetime. [1] Males are affected four times more often than females. [1]
This is a list of association footballers who died due to football-related incidents.. The primary causes of on-field deaths have evolved over time. Improvements in infection control and emergency surgery since the early days of organised soccer have mostly eliminated the fatal complications that were once common after routine sporting injuries.
On 20 July 2009 while playing at Hvidovre Stadion, Richter was struck by lightning which resulted in cardiac arrest. He was put into a medically induced coma. Medical staff at Hvidovre Hospital had hoped to be able to wake Richter from the coma soon after the accident but Richter's recovery was slower than hoped. This resulted in the doctors ...
The soccer game between Wolmers’ Boys and Jamaica College on September 16 was abruptly stopped at the 84th minute when multiple players collapsed simultaneously.
Change of direction (COD) is any activity that involves a rapid whole-body movement with a pre-planned change of velocity or direction. In elite sports , the speed at which an athlete can do a change of direction is especially valuable in court and field sports.