Fatal accidents at track and field competitions are rare. A hammer killed a student at a college track and field meet at ...

A spectator at a high school indoor track meeting is killed after being accidently hit by a hammer thrown by an athlete.

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 ...

The hammer throw is a track and field event which involves throwing a heavy metal ball attached by a chain. Incidents like this one are rare.

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 ...

A student-athlete at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich., who was struck in the chest by a 16-pound hammer at a ...

The hammer in the hammer throw event cleared certified barriers before striking the man Sunday morning at the University of Colorado's Colorado Springs campus, according to a university statement.

A father watching a high school athletics competition in Colorado has died after a being hit by a weight in a hammer throw event. Wade Langston, 57, was watching the track and field competition ...

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

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