24-yr-old footballer dies after lightning strikes pitch during match
A 24-year-old footballer has died and 12 other players were injured after lightning struck a football pitch during a match in southern Thailand.“Although the emergency medical team made every effort to save him, the victim succumbed to severe injuries sustained in the incident,” Sirikhunt said.
Video footage from the match shows players running across the rain-soaked pitch when a lightning bolt suddenly struck the ground near them, producing a bright flash followed by flames and smoke.
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