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A spectator was killed in a horrific accident at a high school track and field meet in Colorado on Sunday when a competing athlete threw a hammer into the onlooking crowd. The track meet, which ...

The El Paso County Coroner’s office has released the autopsy report for Wade Langston, a 57 year-old-man who was killed while ...

UCCS Chancellor Jennifer Sobanet said in a ... Per World Athletics, "The hammer throw is a track and field event where athletes compete by throwing a hammer, which is a metal ball that’s ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - During a high school track meet at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs a participant in the meet made an errant hammer throw which struck and killed one ...

The incident happened around 9:30 a.m. In the hammer throw event, the athlete spins in a circle to generate momentum and hurls a metal weight — attached to a chain and grip — as far as possible.

The incident occurred on Sunday during the competition at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs campus ... process this profound grief." The hammer throw is a track and field event which ...

A spectator was killed after an athlete competing in a track meet at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs accidentally lobbed a hammer into the audience, striking the man on Sunday ...

UCCS Chancellor Jennifer Sobanet said in a ... Augustas Cetkauskas/Getty A photo taken during a hammer throw event "The Colorado Springs Fire Department responded, provided medical care and ...

The incident occurred on the University of Colorado Colorado Springs campus ... Jennifer Sobanet said in a statement. The hammer throw, a traditional event in track and field competitions ...

A spectator has reportedly died after an athlete's hammer was thrown out of bounds during a high school track and field meet at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS). On Sunday, Jan. 26 ...