A spectator at a track and field meet in Colorado was killed when a hammer weight was sent into the stands, officials said Sunday. The man was reportedly protecting family members.

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

An athlete reportedly threw a hammer as part of a competition that cleared certified barriers, striking the man in the head. No one from the university’s community was involved in the incident ...

UCCS spokesperson Chris Valentine said in a news release the man, who was watching in the audience at the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse, died when a hammer weight thrown by a participant cleared ...

the sheriff's office says he heard the victim screaming for help and saw the suspect attacking the victim with a large hammer ...