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

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

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

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

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.

Athletes, spectators and school officials have been left in shock after a tragic accident left a man dead at an athletics ...