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.

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 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.

During a high school track meet at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs a participant in the meet made an errant

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.

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.

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.