Community reels from student deaths in crash | KOB 4

Flags are flying at half-staff and a memorial of flowers and a wreath sit outside the clubhouse, as reminders of the tragedy.  Six students athletes with the University of the Southwest men’s and women’s golf teams, along with one university staff member, were among nine people who died in a two-vehicle crash just east of the New Mexico state line. Two students are hospitalized in critical condition.  The students from the small private Christian university at the time were returning from a golf tournament in Midland, Texas.  For regulars at Rockwind, where the students practiced and played, they are in a state of mourning.  “We get to know, they are here for four years. They become, I mean they are here every day, and we get to know them really well. It’s really, it’s really just devastating, you know, to hear about this. To hear, you know, just to be a part of the whole situation is really, really difficult,” Ben Kirkes, head golf professional at Rockwind Community links.  Those feelings, he said, are widespread at the course.  “I’ve had several people already come in this morning and talk to me about it and talk to my team about it.…
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