Cricketer is killed by lightning
- Title
- Cricketer is killed by lightning
- Genre
- Vox pop
- TX Date
- 24 Aug 1987
- Year of production
- 1987
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- Duration
- 00:01:59
- Description
- Eyewitness accounts of the death of a cricketer, Martin Whittaker, who died when he was hit by lightning while fielding for his club, the Economicals, during a friendly match at Isleworth, West London hit by severe thunderstorms.
- Contributors
- None Identified
- Keywords
- Accidents; Deaths; London; Cricket; Isleworth; Lightning; Martin Whittaker
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LBC/IRN, "Cricketer is killed by lightning". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0011000141001 (Accessed 21 May 2025)