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,

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.

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.

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

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A man was killed Sunday morning during a high school track and field meet at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs

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.

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’s protective barriers and flew into the crowd.

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.

The man killed by a flying weight thrown off-course during a Sunday high school track-and-field meet in Colorado Springs was a 57-year-old father there to watch his son compete, El Paso County coroner officials said.

An accident during an indoor track meet at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs resulted in the death of an audience member on Sunday, according to university officials.