The player was struck by lightning in the middle of the match

The player died from his injuries.

A soccer player died from injuries sustained in a lightning strike in Bandung, Indonesia. About that news among others the Daily Mail.

The 34-year-old player was struck by lightning in between 2 FLO FC Bandung and FBI Subang in a friendly match played at the Siliwangi Stadium on Saturday. Social media is circulating about what happened video, which shows how a bright streak of light hits a man in the middle of game events. The player, who fell to the surface of the field due to the force of the impact, quickly got to his teammates, who carried him off the field to get help.

According to local media, the man was breathing when the journey to the hospital began, but he could no longer be saved.

According to the Indonesian Meteorological Department, lightning struck the player 300 meters away.

Another incident

Lightning struck a football player for the second time in a year in Indonesia. Last November, during a tournament for under-13s in East Java, a boy player had a heart attack from a lightning strike. He survived after being unconscious for 20 minutes.



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