COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - A spectator at a high school track and field meet was struck and killed by a hammer Sunday morning. UCCS, which hosted the meet, said it was heartbroken over what it called a “horrible accident.”

A spectator was killed Sunday at a high school track and field meet on the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs campus after an athlete's hammer reportedly went out of bounds.

According to UCCS, a club sports track and field meet for high school students from across Colorado was taking place at the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse on the UCCS campus when around 9:30 a.m., a hammer thrown by a participant cleared certified barriers and hit a member of the audience.

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.

An accident during a club sports track and field meet in Colorado Springs resulted in the death of an audience member after he was struck by a hammer used in the hammer throw event. According to a release from the University of Colorado Colorado Springs,