A person is dead in Colorado after having been hit by an errant weight thrown by a competitor in a hammer throw event at a youth track and field competition. The accident happened Sunday morning at a Colorado United Track Club meet at the University of Colorado's Colorado Springs campus.
A spectator was reportedly killed after a hammer was accidentally thrown into the crowd during a track and field meet in Colorado Springs on Sunday, Jan. 26
A man was accidentally killed at a high school track and field meet in Colorado when a hammer weight thrown by a competitor cleared barriers and struck him, officials confirmed.
A spectator was killed after an athlete competing in a track meet at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs accidentally lobbed a hammer into the audience on Sunday.
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.
An errant weight thrown during a youth sports event at the University of Colorado’s Colorado Springs campus Sunday fatally struck a father, authorities said.
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