A 57-year-old man at a Colorado Springs meet died when a hammer thrown by a participant cleared barriers and struck him.
Wade Langston, 57, of Colorado Springs was a dedicated father and husband with a great sense of humor, relatives said.
A person is dead in Colorado after having been hit by an errant weight thrown by a competitor at a youth track and field ...
The man, who was watching in the audience at the UCCS fieldhouse, died when a hammer weight thrown by a participant cleared ...
The fatal incident occurred at the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse on the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs campus around ...
The father of one of the pupils competing at the sports day was killed by the hammer as he attempted to shield his wife and ...
Advertisement First responders provided medical care to the man and announced him dead at the scene. The man tried to protect his wife and son from the errant hammer throw, according to KRDO-TV.
A Colorado man was killed Sunday during a high school track meet after a hammer thrown by an athlete accidentally struck him.
The victim was the father of one of the competing athletes from Vista Ridge High School who died protecting his wife and son ...
Firefighters pronounced the man dead at the scene. He apparently had tried to shield his wife and son from the ball, KRDO-TV reported. The so-called hammer in the hammer throw event is actually a ...