Four footballers killed by lightning after taking shelter under tree by pitch
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Five people including four women footballers have been killed after taking shelter under a tree during a storm and being struck by lightning, AmericanDiary 24 informs via The Mirror.
Another two female victims were rushed to hospital after suffering serious burns in the horror incident on Sunday near the central Colombian town of Cajibio. Tributes are being paid to the women, as details of the horror incident began to emerge.
They have been named locally as Jeidy Morales, Daniela Mosquera, Luz Lame and Etelvina Mosquera. The unnamed male victim is said to have died in hospital. One conflicting report said that part of the group involved had taken shelter inside a shed by the football pitch when the tragedy occurred.
But local government spokesman Lesly Valencia said: “The information I have is that the women were participating in a football tournament when the emergency occurred. A lightning bolt struck a tree and that was what caused the death of the four women.”
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