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