Spectator killed after hammer-throw accident at Colorado Springs …
3 days ago · Updated at 2:35 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. The father of a Colorado United Track Club athlete was killed Sunday after a throwing hammer hurled by a high school athlete cleared the indoor meet ...
Spectator killed in hammer throw accident at Colorado high …
4 days ago · The incident occurred on the University of Colorado Colorado Springs campus, where high school track and field athletes from across the state were competing. ... The hammer throw, a traditional ...
Weight Tossed in Indoor Hammer Throw Event Kills Spectator at …
4 days ago · At indoor meets like the one in Colorado Springs, the event is normally renamed the weight throw. The implement is attached to a grip, rather than a chain, and is heavier than the hammer so that ...
Spectator killed by hammer thrown at high school track meet in Colorado
3 days ago · Langston was at a meet at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs when the hammer — a weight attached to a grip that is swung in a circular motion and then thrown — went into the crowd ...
‘It could have been anyone’: Witness searches for answers after …
4 days ago · COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - One person is dead after a freak accident at a high school track meet in Colorado Springs. According to UCCS officials, it happened at the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse ...
Man killed by stray hammer at Colorado track meet identified
3 days ago · A spectator killed by an errant weight in a hammer throw event at a youth track and field meet was a dedicated father and husband with a great sense of humor, relatives said. The accident Sunday at the Colorado United Track Club meet at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs killed Wade Langston, 57, of Colorado Springs, the El Paso County ...
Hammer throw accident at Colorado Springs high school club …
5 days ago · Colorado Springs Police told KRDO13 that the man killed was protecting his wife and son from the 25lbs metal ball thrown. The field event hammer throw does not involve throwing a literal hammer.
Spectator Killed After Athlete Throws Hammer into Crowd During …
4 days ago · A photo taken during a hammer throw event. Augustas Cetkauskas/Getty "The Colorado Springs Fire Department responded, provided medical care and ultimately pronounced the audience member dead at ...
Spectator fatally struck by hammer throw at UCCS campus track …
3 days ago · The incident occurred at the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse on the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS) campus around 9:30 a.m. local time Sunday morning, UCCS said in a statement.
Spectator killed by errant hammer throw at Colorado high …
2 days ago · Event organizers said a hammer thrown by a participant cleared certified barriers and hit a man watching the event on the University of Colorado’s Colorado Springs campus.
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