A young boy and a man in his 50s have been injured after the lightning strike at The Sele School in Hertford.

The young boy is fighting for his life after he was struck by lightning during a football tournament at school.

The 12-year-old was injured on Monday evening (October 2), when lighting struck at 5.15pm during a match at The Sele School, Hertford. 

rushed to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in a “critical” condition

The young boy was rushed to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in a “critical” condition and the man was taken to Princess Alexandra Hospital for precautionary measures.

The Sele School headteacher Chris Quach took to his school’s Facebook page to inform parents and pupils about the incident.

Mr Quach also thanked the emergency services, the community and first aiders, who were “quick to respond” while waiting for emergency services to arrive. The headteacher continued to inform those attached to the school about the worrying situation.

He said: “On Monday 2 October after school there was a Football Tournament, organised by the District, which took place at The Sele School. Unfortunately, during the Tournament there was a lightning strike which affected several people, two of whom, one adult and one student from another local secondary school, were taken to hospital for treatment.

“The entire staff of The Sele School, the wider school community and I would like to thank the emergency services, the parents and staff who were attending the match and were so helpful and our first aiders who did an amazing job while waiting for the emergency services to respond. Our good wishes and thoughts are with the people who were injured.”