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

An errant weight thrown by a competitor in a hammer throw event struck and killed a spectator at a youth track and field meet in Colorado, according to officials at the university where the ...

A sports spectator has died after a university athlete ... The men’s world record for the hammer throw is a whopping 86.74 meters, held by the Soviet Russian champion Yuriy Sedykh.

The fatal incident occurred at the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse on the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs campus around 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning.

A weight thrown by a competitor struck and killed a spectator at an indoor high school ... to protect his wife and son from the errant hammer throw, according to KRDO-TV. The track meet was ...

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.

An errant weight thrown by a competitor struck and killed a spectator at a youth track ... where the competition was held. The hammer in the hammer throw event cleared certified barriers before ...

A spokesperson for the university confirmed the death to ABC News, saying a spectator "was killed when a hammer ... Sobanet said in a statement. The hammer throw, a traditional event in track ...

A spectator was killed after an athlete competing in a ... Around 9:30 a.m. during the hammer throw, a competitor threw their hammer but it totally “cleared certified barriers” and struck ...

This is what *** weight throwing event looks like. It's similar to the more popular hammer toss but without the long chain attached to the weight. It was just horrible for everybody. Matt Crich ...

(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 ...