The University of Colorado Colorado Springs, which hosted the event, said the implement had “cleared certified barriers.” ...

A spectator at a youth track and field meet in Colorado was killed after he was struck by an errant hammer throw that cleared certified barriers.

A person is dead in Colorado after having been hit by an errant weight thrown by a competitor at a youth track and field competition.

A man was killed by an errant hammer throw during a high school aged track and field meet in Colorado Springs on Sunday, according to the AP ...

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.

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

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

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 ...

A spectator was killed Sunday in a hammer throw accident during a high school track and field meet in Colorado.

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 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 ...

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 ...