Denbigh players alert at medical facility after lightning incident

ST JAMES, Jamaica — Denbigh High School daCosta Cup players Lashawn Barnaby and Omarion Wright are alert and aware at a medical facility in Montego Bay after they both collapsed in the first half of a quarter-final game against Cornwall College in Montego Bay on Tuesday.

The players were taken to the facility by ambulance, accompanied by Denbigh principal Annette Daley, and were said to be alert while being examined.

About the 40-minute mark of the first half in the game that started just over an hour late because of heavy rain and lightning in the area, there were two very close flashes of lightning and both players fell to the ground.

Barnaby was helped off the field by referee Obrian Warren and members of the Cornwall College staff while Wright was taken on a stretcher to the ambulance.

Cornwall College led 1-0 at the time of the stoppage.

—    Paul A Reid