A 57-year-old man at a Colorado Springs meet died when a hammer thrown by a participant cleared barriers and struck him.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A 57-year-old man died Sunday after he was struck by a weight from a weight throw event that cleared a certified barrier during a track and field event at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. The El Paso County Coroner's Office identified the man as Wade Langston.

The victim was the father of one of the competing athletes from Vista Ridge High School who died protecting his wife and son from the 25 lb hammer, police said.

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The meet, part of a series of three for club sport students across Colorado, was canceled, KRDO reported. The Colorado United Track Club told the station the man was the father of

A fatal accident occurred during a track and field event at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) this weekend, a spokesperson for the school confirmed.

A man died after he was hit by the object over the weekend at a track meet at the University of Colorado's Colorado Springs campus.

A spectator at a high school track and field meet was killed Sunday after a throwing hammer thrown by an athlete accidentally cleared the indoor meet’s protective barriers and flew into the crowd.

An errant weight thrown by a competitor in a hammer throw event struck and killed a spectator at a youth track and field meet in Colorado, according to officials at the university where the competition was held.

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