I really feel sorry for this poor kid and his family, which is why I’m avoiding cheap jokes and political agitation.<\/p>\n
A suburban Chicago college student who was killed during a track and field meet was struck by an errantly thrown hammer while standing near the field during warm-ups, authorities said Monday.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I did get to wondering how many other people have been killed in track and field events over the years. Wikipedia does not have a list, but this article<\/a> claims “25 reported cases of people being struck by thrown objects in high school track and field from 1992 to 2012”<\/a>, resulting in four deaths. Not included in that figure is the December 2014 death that prompted the article. I’m not clear if that figure includes the 2012 death of a German offical who was hit by a javelin<\/a>, or if those figures are US only. I also turned up a 2013 report (which I won’t link to, because it is from the Daily Fail<\/strong>) of a Houston high school athlete who was killed by a discus. (Oddly, it aparently hit him in the hip, not the head, and he died of unspeciied complications about a week later.) I assume this 1997 report<\/a> is included in the stats above.<\/p>\n
Tomorrow is promised to nobody, so keep your eyes open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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