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 man, who was watching in the audience at the UCCS fieldhouse, died when a hammer weight thrown by a participant cleared “certified barriers” and struck him.

A spectator at a Colorado high school track and field meet was killed after a hammer thrown by an athlete accidentally flew into the crowd and struck the man.