A soccer player died after being struck by lightning in the middle of a match in Indonesia

The world of sports and especially football has been shocked after the death of a player in the middle of an amateur league match after being hit by lightning that caused a lot of impression in Indonesia and throughout the world. world. The footballer in question was Septian Raharja, who was 34 years old and unfortunately died after receiving the impact on the playing field. at the Siliwangi stadium facilities in Bandung, in the city of West Java.

The event took place in the middle of a friendly match where the FBI team Subang faced Fútbol Club Bandung.

According to information released by the local media PRFM News, after being hit by the lightning in question, the victim collapsed completely on the playing field . The images speak for themselves and they went viral through social networks; The rest of the players on the field quickly ran towards the player to take him to the side of the field and treat him.

Another footballer who was close to Raharja, also felt the impact of the lightning, fell to the field game, but he was lucky enough not to suffer complications that compromised his physical integrity at all.

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Septian Raharja, a 34-year-old player from the Subang team, lost his life after being struck by lightning while He was playing a match.

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After receiving the lightning strike, the player was taken to Sariningsih Hospital in the city of Bandung. Local media indicated that, although the paramedics made every effort to save the life of the footballer in question, they were finally unable to revive him and the 34-year-old man died minutes after entering the medical center where he was taken, being quite a hard blow for him. sport in Indonesia and in football internationally a news that continues to go around the world.

Septian Raharja was an amateur player who lived in Karangmanyar village, Subang district, Subang regency. His family, after what happened, decided not to perform an autopsy on the player; the reasons for this are unknown.

For its part, the Indonesian media Chat News based in the city of Jakarta confirmed that The owners of the Siliwangi football field compensated the victim's family in full for everything that happened. What's more, in addition to offering a monetary payment for the situation that ended Septian's life, the camp management also intervened to take the victim to the hospital after being struck by lightning.

“The Representatives of the Siliwangi football ground compensated the victim for the lightning incident. Let us hope that the victim's family receives strength and fortitude and that the deceased has the best place in the eyes of Allah SWT and we are all protected by Allah SWT," was the message spread by the organizers of the playing field.

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Loots would have been key to the event

According to the information disseminated by the local media about the weather reports, they stated that it changed quite drastically and there were heavy rains with a lot of electrical activity during the afternoon in which the soccer match was played. It cost Raharja his life.

Finally, sources close to the incident have commented that they suspect that the scratch hit the victim's boots, their material would have been key for this to happen , so the player would have suffered burns on his legs and other areas of his body, causing his death almost instantly.