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

A sports spectator has died after a university athlete threw a hammer out of bounds at a field and track event in Colorado, ...

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

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 ...

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

Wade Langston, 57, was watching the track and field meet when a hammer weight cleared barriers and struck him on Sunday ...

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

Fatal accidents at track and field competitions are rare. A hammer killed a student at a college track and field meet at ...

A Colorado man was killed Sunday during a high school track meet after a hammer thrown by an athlete accidentally struck him.