A man watching a track and field meet at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs on Sunday was killed when a hammer thrown by a high school athlete breached the barriers and struck him ...

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

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 father of a Colorado United Track Club athlete was killed ... They said though the university hosted the event, no one from the institution was involved. Throwing hammers are made up of a metal ...

A spectator at a track and field event in Colorado died when he was struck by an errant hammer throw. The incident ... the track and field event is a metal ball attached by wire to a grip.

The university was hosting a series of indoor track and field meets at the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse. The meets were scheduled ...

A man was killed Sunday morning during a high school track and field meet at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs ...

A spectator at a Colorado high school track and field meet was killed after a hammer thrown by an athlete accidentally flew into the crowd and struck the man.

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 ...

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

The hammer throw is one of four track and field events typically held during a competition. In it, the athlete winds up their swing by spinning in place before throwing a metal ball attached to a ...