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 ...

On Monday, Jan. 27, the El Paso County coroner's office confirmed 57-year-old Wade Langston was the man killed in a tragic ...

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 ...

Family and friends are mourning the death of a man who was hit by an errant weight at his son's high school athletic event in Colorado.

The so-called hammer in the hammer throw event is actually a ball on a chain. The ball weighs 16 pounds (7 kilograms) for men and 9 pounds (4 kilograms) for women in adult competition, according to ...

Wade Langston was sitting in the audience at the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse on the University of Colorado’s Colorado Springs campus when a hammer weight thrown by a participant cleared ...

The El Paso County Coroner's office has named the man as Wade Langston. The 57-year-old was the father of one of the competitors and is reported to have died while trying to protect his wife and son.