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

The unfortunate man died trying to protect his wife and son from the flying hammer during the competition at the University ...

An errant weight thrown by a competitor in a hammer throw event struck and killed a spectator at a youth track and field meet ...

Advertisement The World Athletics Organization defines a hammer throw as “a metal ball that’s attached to a grip by a steel wire.” The hammer weighs 16 pounds for men and 8.8 pounds for women.

A spectator has been killed after he was accidentally 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 ...

A man died after he was hit by the object over the weekend at a track meet at the University of Colorado's Colorado Springs ...

A spectator was reportedly killed after a hammer was accidentally thrown into the crowd during a track and field meet in ...

A father watching a high school athletics competition in Colorado has died after a being hit by a weight in a hammer throw ...

An accident during an indoor track meet at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs resulted in the death of a spectator ...

A spectator at a youth track and field meet in Colorado was killed after he was struck by an errant hammer throw that cleared ...

A student-athlete at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich., who was struck in the chest by a 16-pound hammer at a ...