Spectator killed by hammer throw during prep track meet at UCCS fieldhouse
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.
New York Post28d
Spectator killed in hammer throw accident during high school track meet at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
The club sports track and field meet was held at the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse campus for high school students across Colorado. Around 9:30 a.m. during the hammer throw, a competitor threw their ...
The New York Times28d
Weight Tossed in Indoor Hammer Throw Event Kills Spectator at Track Meet
By Victor Mather A heavy weight thrown by a participant at an indoor high school track meet cleared safety barriers ... In the more familiar hammer throw, contested outdoors at events like the ...
ESPN27d
Errant hammer throw at youth track meet kills spectator
The hammer -- a heavy ball on a chain -- in the hammer throw event ... Fatal accidents at track and field competitions are rare. A hammer killed a student at a college meet at Wheaton College ...
The Washington Post26d
Errant hammer throw kills spectator at Colorado track and field meet
A spectator at a track and field event in Colorado died when he was struck by an errant hammer throw. The incident occurred ... a club sports track and field meet for high school students from ...
ABC727d
Hammer throw death: Spectator killed by errant weight thrown at Colorado track and field meet
The hammer in the hammer throw event cleared certified barriers ... A hammer killed a student at a college track and field meet at Wheaton College in Illinois in 2017. A shot put ball struck ...
ABC News28d
Spectator killed in hammer throw accident at Colorado high school track meet: Officials
A Colorado man was killed Sunday during a high school track meet after a hammer thrown by ... Jennifer Sobanet said in a statement. The hammer throw, a traditional event in track and field ...
New York Daily News27d
Spectator killed in hammer throw accident at Colorado track and field meet
(Shutterstock) A spectator was killed Sunday in a hammer throw accident during a high school track and field meet in Colorado. The incident occurred around 9:30 a.m. in a field house at the ...
UPI27d
Colorado spectator killed in hammer throw accident at high school track meet
Wade Langston, 57, was attending the state track meet as the father of one of the ... Jennifer Sobanet said in a statement. The hammer throw is a traditional event in track and field competitions.
KTVU27d
Errant hammer throw kills bystander at Colorado youth track and field meet
In a statement from the university obtained by the Associated Press, the school says the hammer in the hammer throw event cleared ... student at a college track and field meet at Wheaton College ...
Yahoo! Sports27d
Report: Man killed by errant hammer throw at track meet was trying to shield wife and son
A man was killed by an errant hammer throw during a track and field meet for high school aged athletes in Colorado on Sunday, according to the Associated Press. The news organization reports that ...