UNM Football Player Dies In Fatal Car Crash

[ABQCOWBOY]

By Nancy Tipton / ABQJournal.com
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015 at 5:41am

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — University of New Mexico sophomore safety Markely Byrd died in a single-car accident near Gallup. He was driving home for the holidays with his girlfriend when their car suffered a blowout on I-40.

They were both ejected. Markel died instantly, and she was taken to a hospital in critical condition.

http://www.abqjournal.com/695492/abqnewsseeker/lobo-football-player-dies-in-car-accident.html

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My heart goes out to the family of these kids. Terrible news from here this morning.

 

[Jammer]

By Nancy Tipton / ABQJournal.com
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015 at 5:41am

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — University of New Mexico sophomore safety Markely Byrd died in a single-car accident near Gallup. He was driving home for the holidays with his girlfriend when their car suffered a blowout on I-40.

Their were both ejected. Markel died instantly, and she was taken to a hospital in critical condition.

http://www.abqjournal.com/695492/abqnewsseeker/lobo-football-player-dies-in-car-accident.html

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My heart goes out to the family of these kids. Terrible news from here this morning.

Christmas is going to be a sad time for that family for a very long time.

 

[cajuncocoa]

So sad....prayers for both of those families.

 

[WPBCowboysFan]

Prayers for the families as they deal with this. Hopefully the Christmas season will remind them of all the good they still have.

 

[RonSpringsdaman20]

Dam...
RIP

 

[tyke1doe]

Please wear seatbelts, people.

 

[StarBoyz83]

Sad. Exactly the reason I haven't watched the news in over 10 years.

 

[Fletch]

Sad. Exactly the reason I haven't watched the news in over 10 years.

How do you do it? National and local?

 

[bounce]

Please wear seatbelts, people.

I don't see how people still make excuses for not doing this. One of the absolute stupidest things you can do.

 

[tyke1doe]

I don't see how people still make excuses for not doing this. One of the absolute stupidest things you can do.

I read too many stories where people are ejected from their cars for me not to wear my seat belt. I also used to talk to law enforcement regularly as a reporter, and they would tell me stories of people dying in accidents they should have walked away from because they weren't wearing seat belts.

 

[StarBoyz83]

How do you do it? National and local?

Both.

 

[rynochop]

I remember as a little kid in the 70s literally never wearing a seatbelt. I remember driving to New York from Texas and sat on a cooler in the back seat most of the trip pretending we were flying. Parents would have cps called on them in this day.ha Crazy how times change