Dirt bike riders, community honor El Reno middle schooler who died unexpectedly
El Reno middle schooler, Daniel Maifield, died unexpectedly this week from RSV
El Reno middle schooler, Daniel Maifield, died unexpectedly this week from RSV
El Reno middle schooler, Daniel Maifield, died unexpectedly this week from RSV
Dirt bike riders and the community honored an El Reno middle schooler who died unexpectedly.
El Reno middle schooler, Daniel Maifield, died unexpectedly this week from RSV. Because of his love for dirt bikes, his family invited riders from the community to come out and follow the funeral procession.
The tight-knit community said many knew Maifield. Some of the people told KOCO 5 he always brightened their day.
"On social media this morning, read a post the family had an outreach asking if any riders would be interested in attending a ride for this young man," said Ken Rothrock, motorcyclist.
The riders came out for Maifield, a 7th grader from El Reno, who died from RSV. His family said dirt biking was his passion, so riders came out to support him.
"It’s just kind of what we do," said Brandi Higgins, motorcyclist.
Some of the riders knew him and said he touched their lives.
"A summer or two ago, I was out driving around, cruising the neighborhoods. Came across some kids outside playing in the street, shooting the basketball. Stopped to play with them, turned out it was Daniel and his sisters," said MPO Troy George, El Reno Police
George said that was the first time he met Maifield but he interacted with him many more times and said his personality made him smile.
"You know he was just one of those shining lights. He just had that great personality and he was always happy," George said.
Chase Berg met Maifield this summer and they became fast friends.
"He was riding his little grom around and I was riding my bike and he just offered to go for a ride, see if I wanted to go for a ride and I said, heck yeah, we hopped on our bikes started going around. Friendship grew from there," Berg said.
The procession followed Maifield and his bike to the cemetery and revved up their bikes in respect as the hearse took off.
