Richter struck by lightning

Richter struck by lightning

Former New Zealand Knights player Jonti Richter is in a coma in Denmark after being struck by lightning while playing for FC Nordsjaelland.

Ketchup: http://tvnz.co.nz/football-news/former-knight-hit-lightning-2856995

Edit: Wrong Richter TVNZ - bad


HeySeus2009-07-21 11:52:33

wtf ?

Where did you see that ?

That's pretty ugly.

Now HP-'ed (sauced)

He was dreadful for the Knights, but poor lad.

Looks dodgy to me - Jonti Richter is 26 and the AP story says he joined the club in 2005???

See:

FC Nordsjaelland defender Jonathan Richter is in a coma after being hit by lightning during a reserve game.

Richter was struck during a brief thunder storm Monday while playing against second-tier team Hvidovre, and was unconscious when he was taken away in an ambulance. Police said the 24-year-old Richter was in a coma.

FC Nordsjaelland tops the Danish league after beating defending champion FC Copenhagen 2-0 in the first round on Saturday. Richter, who joined the club in 2005, came on as a substitute in the second half.
AP
HeySeus2009-07-21 11:42:40

Appears TVNZ have got it wrong. There is a Jonathan Richter at FC Nordsjaelland who is Danish and not the Jonathan (Jonti) Richter we know - despite errors on wikipedia.

Thanks HeySeus for bringing a measured response to this whole Richter saga - this would have sent shockwaves through the NZ football community... the scale of Wikipedia is proven unreliable in this instance. HarryHotspur2009-07-21 11:58:53

thanks for enlightning us in the subject.  That guy will be forked - he will really be in the sheet.

This story was also reported on Radio Sport yesterday afternoon

I knew it wasn't the Jonti Richter who played for the Knights because he was too short to attract a lightning strike.