An errant weight thrown by a competitor in a hammer throw event struck and killed a spectator at a youth track and field meet in Colorado, according to officials at the university where the competition was held.

The man killed by a flying weight that veered 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

The weight, thrown by a competitor, went into the crowd rather than the field and fatally struck 57-year-old Wade Langston.