KOYK,
Charles Edward
El Paso Times (El Paso, Texas)
Wednesday, April 5, 1961, p. 6
First County Fatality Recorded
El Paso County's first traffic fatality of the year occurred early
Tuesday when Charles E. Hoyk (sic: Koyk), 31, of Ruidoso, N.M., was
killed instantly in a one-car crash on U.S. Interstate 10.
Injured in the crash was the driver of the auto, Benny L. Gardenhare,
26, also of Ruidoso. Both men were employed as horse trainers at Sunland
Park.
Sheriff's deputies said the vehicle crashed into a guard railing and
bounced back and forth across the highway, three miles north of the Mesa
Highway, throwing the passengers out.
An ambulance on another call a few miles north of the accident scene,
picked up Gardenmire shortly after the crash. He was in fair condition
in Thomason General Hospital late Tuesday.
Deputies had seen the car earlier, speeding at an estimated 80 m.p.h.,
while they were investigating a lesser accident.
[transcriber's note: Charles Koyk is buried in the Wickenburg Cemetery,
Wickenburg, Arizona]