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.

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 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 ...

In hammer throwing, the "hammer" is a heavy metal ... no college students were in attendance at the high school club track meet held on campus. Sunday's track meet was one of a three-meet series ...

as area high school athletes competed in a club sports track and field meet. Langston was watching his son compete, according to KRDO. An athlete reportedly threw a hammer as part of a competition ...