Footballer dies after being hit by lightning on field in Indonesia

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JAKARTA: A footballer has been hit by lightning while he was playing a match on the field Indonesian.

A video capturing the moment when the 35-year-old, Septain Raharja, was struck by the lightning–has gone viral.

The terrifying video showed Raharja, from Subang, collapsing soon after the incident.

According to standard.co.uk, Septain Raharja, was playing a friendly match between 2 FLO FC Bandung and FBI Subang, when lightning struck him at around 4:20pm local time on Saturday.

The footballer was breathing when the incident occurred and rushed to a local hospital, but died soon afterwards, according to Indonesia’s PRFM News.