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.

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,

A “loving father” attending his son’s track meet has been identified as the spectator accidentally killed by a hammer at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs on Sunday. Wade Langston, 57, was fatally struck by a hammer during a track and field meet held at the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse campus for high school students across Colorado,

Wade Langston, 57, was watching the track and field meet when a hammer weight cleared barriers and struck him on Sunday morning, officials said.

A man was accidentally killed at a high school track and field meet in Colorado when a hammer weight thrown by a competitor cleared barriers and struck him, officials confirmed.

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

The fatal incident occurred at the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse on the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs campus around 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning.

The university was hosting a series of indoor track and field meets at the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse. The meets were scheduled for December 15, January 26, and February 16, with the final event being the UCCS United High School Indoor State Championship. Officials say the accident occurred around 9:30 a.m. during the Jan. 26 meeting.

The father of one of the athletes was killed Sunday at a high school track and field meet on the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs campus after an athlete's hammer reportedly went out of bounds.

A spectator was killed after a hammer weight was thrown out of bounds at a high school track and field event on Sunday. The event, a club track and field meet held at University of Colorado-Colorado Springs,

Tragedy struck the Colorado Springs community this past weekend when a 57-year-old man was reportedly killed by an errant hammer throw during a high school track and field event. According to TMZ Sports,