OU student dies in Colorado snowboarding accident

 
BY JOHNNY JOHNSON
Published: January 8, 2009

A 22-year-old University of Oklahoma student died Wednesday night after a Colorado snowboarding accident caused massive head trauma.

William "Billy” Khourie III, an Elk City native, was not wearing a helmet when the accident occurred Tuesday afternoon at Breckenridge , said Julie Lonborg , spokeswoman for Swedish Medical Center in Englewood , Colo.

Breckenridge Ski Resort officials said the s...


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