A sports spectator has died after a university athlete threw a hammer out of bounds at a field and track event in Colorado, ...
A Colorado man was killed Sunday during a high school track meet after a hammer thrown by an athlete accidentally struck him.
An errant weight thrown by a competitor in a hammer throw event struck and killed a spectator at a youth track and field meet ...
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 ...
The fatal incident occurred at the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse on the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs campus around ...
The hammer in the hammer throw event cleared certified barriers before striking the man Sunday morning at the University of Colorado's Colorado Springs campus, according to a university statement.
The man tried to protect his wife and son from the errant hammer throw, according to KRDO-TV. The track meet was canceled after the man’s death. The Colorado United Track Club confirmed in a ...
The victim was the father of one of the competing athletes from Vista Ridge High School who died protecting his wife and son ...
The weight used in the hammer throw event is 16 pounds for men and 9 pounds for women in adult competition, according to World Athletics, the international track and field governing body.
The hammer in the hammer throw event cleared certified barriers before striking the man Sunday morning at the University of Colorado's Colorado Springs campus, according to a university statement.