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 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 ...

The goal is to throw the hammer the greatest distance while staying inside a seven-foot diameter circle. (Photo of a hammer lodged at the top of safety netting: Brendon Thorne / Getty Images) ...

A sports spectator has died after a university athlete threw a hammer out of bounds at a field and track event in Colorado, according to local media reports. The man died at the scene on Sunday ...

A person is dead in Colorado after getting hit by an errant weight thrown by a competitor at a youth track and field competition on Sunday morning.

A spectator at a high school indoor track meeting is killed after being accidently hit by a hammer thrown by an athlete.

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 ...

A tragic accident during a Colorado high school track meet Sunday claimed the life of a spectator when a rogue hammer weight hit a father in the audience.

Wade Langston, 57, of Colorado Springs was a dedicated father and husband with a great sense of humor, relatives said.