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KILLED IN A CRASH NEAR GALLUP.
ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER SANDRA
STADIUM TONIGHT WITH REACTION.
REPORTER: THERE HAS A BEEN A
HUGE OUTPURING OF LOVE AND
CONDOLENSCES HERE IN NEW MEXICO,
AND ALL THE WAY IN SAN DIEGO,
BYRD'S HOMETOWN.
HIS TEAMMATES HERE AT UNM AND
CHILDHOOD FRIENDS BACK HOME ALL
SAY HE WAS AN AMAZING GUY WHO
ALWAYS HAD A SMILE ON HIS FACE.
>> IT'S JUST SHOCKING.
REPORTER: IT WAS A SHOCK FOR A
LOT OF PEOPLE TO HEAR THAT
20-YEAR-OLD UNM SOPHOMORE MARKEL
GALLUP.
BYRD WAS DRIVING HOME TO SAN
DIEGO WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND
ON I-40.
THEY WERE BOTH THROWN FROM THE
CAR.
BYRD DIED INSTANTL
BYRD WAS A STARTING SAFETY FOR
THE NEW MEXICO BOWL ON SATURDAY.
I WAS JUST AT THE BOWL GAME.
>> I JUST SAW HIM PLAY, AND YOU
DON'T REALLY THINK ABOUT THAT
TIME OF YEAR DURING THE
HOLIDAYS.
AN ATHLETE HIMSELF HERE AT UNM
AND ALSO LOST A TEAMMATE.
HE SAYS IT MIGHT BE ESPECIALLY
*** THE PLAYERS RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT GOING
THROUGH THIS TOGETHER SINCE MANY
OF THEM ARE HOME FOR THE
HOLIDAYS.
IT'S NEVERY EASY, BUT KOWALSKI
OFFERS SOME WORDS OF ADVICE
ABOUT GETTING THROUGH THIS.
>> JUST TALKING ABOUT HIM AND
REFLECTING ABOUT THE GOOD TIMES,
THAT USUALLY HELPS.
REPORTER: AND FROM OTHER LOBOS
MESSAGE.
>> THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
THAT WE, THE LOBO FANS, COME
TOGETHER AND SUPPORT THE TEAM
MEMBERS BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING A
DIFFICULT TIME THROUGH ALL OF
THIS.
REPORTER: YOU ARE NOT ALON
AND THERE HAS BEEN AN OUTPOURING
OF SUPPORT FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
BYRD'S GIRLFRIEND SURVIVED THE
CRASH.
SHE'S IN THE HOSPITAL TONIGHT.
A FAMILY FRIEND TELLS ME SHE IS
EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL
LIVE AT UNIVERSITY STADIUM,