It is with heavy hearts and great sadness that we have to announce that yesterday afternoon we lost a member of our Lobo family. Markel Byrd, a sophomore safety from San Diego, California, was tragically killed in a single car accident near Gallup, New Mexico on Tuesday, December 22. Byrd was driving home for the holidays with his girlfriend when their car suffered a blowout on I-40.
Both parties were ejected from the vehicle. Markel died instantly. His passenger was taken to a local hospital where she was in critical condition.
"This is an absolute tragedy.