Billy Khourie, 22-year-old energy management senior, died in a snowboarding accident in Breckenridge, Colo., during winter break.
According to an official accident report, he was not wearing a helmet when he struck a padded post head-on Jan. 6.
Khourie was rushed to the hospital and treated for severe head trauma. He died the next evening, Jan. 7.
Khourie’s father, Bill, said he received a phone call from his son the morning of Jan. 6.
“He just called me to tell me happy birthday and that he loved me,” Bill Khourie said. “I was able to tell him that I loved him too, and I thank God for that.”
An Elk City native, Khourie was an employee at Seven47 on Campus Corner, a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and, according to friends, someone who “never met a stranger.”
“The thing about Billy was that he always wanted to help people who may not have had as much or were less fortunate than he was,” said John Paul Albert, energy management junior and fraternity brother of Khourie.
Albert said Khourie took his sister to her senior prom because she has a developmental disorder and he wanted her to have a good prom experience.
“He had a loving part of him that was enormous,” Khourie’s father said.
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lindsayjhodges 3 years, 4 months ago
This is very sad. Sounds like he was a nice guy.