LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Peruvian amateur soccer player has been killed and seven others injured by lightning during their match in a remote Andean town.

Local authorities in Chilca, a city of about 100,000 people located 310 kilometers (193 miles) east of the Peruvian capital Lima, said José De la Cruz, 39, died after being struck by lightning during a match between his team Familia Chocca and Juventud Bellavista. .

Footage broadcast live by Onda Deportiva, which was widely shared on social media, showed the referee stopping the match after lightning struck near the pitch. As the players left the field, a second bolt hit De la Cruz and knocked seven other players to the ground as spectators fled.

Those injured in the incident were hospitalized in the city of Huancayo, the capital of the Junín region.

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