Six teenagers were struck by lightning and killed while listened to radio commentary of a World Cup soccer match, officials in India said today. 

Seven soccer fans were group around a radio in their hut listening as Argentina beat Serbia-Montenegro 6-0 on Friday.But a massive thunder-storm began and a bolt of lightning hit the tin roof of the hut in the isolated village of Kesar in West Bengal state, said Pravat Misra, the district magistrate. 

All seven were banged unconscious and six died on the way to hospital. The condition of the existing teenager was not immediately known.