Unlucky football player gets struck by lightning while on the field. Indonesia, 10 February 2024

A man from Subang Regency who died as a result of being struck by lightning while playing football on the Siliwangi Stadium field, Bandung City, West Java, Saturday (10/2/2024) afternoon.

Footage of the victim's death was spread on a number of Instagram social media accounts.

One of the witnesses with the initials GJ explained that at that time his team was competing with the victim's team from Subang.

However, when we entered the third round, the previously hot weather turned cloudy until the sound of lightning appeared which occurred several times until it finally hit the victim.

"His team was against my team. The weather was a bit cloudy, it was hot at the start of the game, but in the south and east it was already raining, it was still hot on the field, that's why we dared to play," he said when contacted, Saturday (10/2/2024).

"Once lightning struck the rod, the second time it hit the victim's leg. From there there started to be lots of lightning bolts. The victim immediately fell," added GJ.

After the strike, a number of players looked down. Then, they checked the condition of the unconscious victim.

"I thought he was lying down, then he didn't get up, he was immediately given help and called an ambulance," said GJ.

GJ said that the strike caused the victim's legs to burn and his skin color turned red. In fact, some parts of the skin melted.

"His shoes were burnt, they were streaked all the way to his clothes, his clothes were torn. Wounds on his chest, hit by lightning, skin melted, reddish black," he said.

He added that the victim was unconscious and then rushed to hospital. However, based on information, the victim died.

"We received news that the victim had died, the match was no longer continued because everyone was panicking," said GJ.