A spectator at a high school indoor track meeting is killed after being accidently hit by a hammer thrown by an athlete.

The man, who was watching in the audience at the UCCS fieldhouse, died when a hammer weight thrown by a participant cleared “certified barriers” and struck him.

A weight thrown by a competitor struck and killed a spectator at an indoor high school ... to protect his wife and son from the errant hammer throw, according to KRDO-TV. The track meet was ...

A sports spectator has died after a university athlete ... The men’s world record for the hammer throw is a whopping 86.74 meters, held by the Soviet Russian champion Yuriy Sedykh.

The fatal incident occurred at the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse on the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs campus around 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning.

A spectator was killed after an athlete competing in a ... Around 9:30 a.m. during the hammer throw, a competitor threw their hammer but it totally “cleared certified barriers” and struck ...

An errant weight thrown by a competitor struck and killed a spectator at a youth track ... where the competition was held. The hammer in the hammer throw event cleared certified barriers before ...

A spectator killed by an errant weight in a hammer throw event at a youth track and field meet was a dedicated father and husband with a great sense of humor, relatives said. The accident Sunday ...

A spectator was killed Sunday during the weight throw event ... The weight throw, which is held indoors and differs from the hammer throw, uses a 25-pound weight for high school men.

A spectator has been killed after he was accidently struck by a hammer thrown by an athlete at a high school indoor athletics event in the United States. The incident occurred on Sunday during the ...

A spectator was killed after he was accidentally struck ... but ask for privacy as we process this profound grief." The hammer throw is a track and field event which involves throwing a heavy ...