Dirt bike riders honor El Reno middle schooler who died Skip to content NOWCAST KOCO 5am-6am Weekday Morning Live Now Menu Search Homepage Local News Weather Radar Alerts Closings Map Room Weather Blog Forecasting Our Future Project CommUNITY Traffic National News Coronavirus Politics Matter of Fact Investigate ulocal Entertainment State of Addiction News We Love Upload Sports High School Sports Thunder Sooners OK State Cowboys Crashing the Boards As Seen On High Five Purely Oklahoma Editorials Free Ride Teacher of the Month News Team Contact Advertise with KOCO MeTV Privacy Notice Terms of Use 46°Weather Search Oklahoma City, OK73102 46° Clear Chance of precipitation 0% Change MORE No Alerts & Closings in Your Area Sign Up to Get Future Alerts 2 / 2 Press enter to search Type to Search Search location by ZIP code ZIP Current location Oklahoma City, OK 73102 Advertisement RECOMMENDED 'Avengers' star Jeremy Renner seriously injured while plowing snow in Nevada Thousands sign petition for pet pig in Moore that could be taken from home Semi rollover shuts down parts of I-35, I-240 in Oklahoma City Crashing The Boards: Cowboys end season with loss to Wisconsin Man dead, others injured after New Year's Day shooting in downtown Oklahoma City OSBI investigates Idabel shooting that killed teenager Popular Bricktown bar Cowboy Ranch closes its doors OU Board of Regents to decide on moving forward with football team facility improvements Dirt bike riders, community honor El Reno middle schooler who died unexpectedly El Reno middle schooler, Daniel Maifield, died unexpectedly this week from RSV Share Copy Link Copy {copyShortcut} to copy Link copied! Updated: 10:42 PM CST Nov 19, 2022 Infinite Scroll Enabled Kolby Terrell Reporter Dirt bike riders, community honor El Reno middle schooler who died unexpectedly El Reno middle schooler, Daniel Maifield, died unexpectedly this week from RSV Share Copy Link Copy {copyShortcut} to copy Link copied! Updated: 10:42 PM CST Nov 19, 2022 Infinite Scroll Enabled Video Player is loading.Play VideoPlayMuteCurrent Time 0:00/Duration 0:00Loaded: 0%Stream Type LIVESeek to live, currently behind liveLIVERemaining Time -0:00 1xPlayback RateChaptersChaptersDescriptionsdescriptions off, selectedCaptionscaptions settings, opens captions settings dialogcaptions off, selectedAudio TrackPicture-in-PictureFullscreenThis is a modal window.Beginning of dialog window. 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THE RIDERS COMING OUT FOR DANIEL MAYFIELD, THE SEVENTH GRADER FROM EL RENO WHO DIED FROM RSV. HIS FAMILY SAYS DIRT BIKING WAS HIS PASSION. SO RIDERS CAME OUT TO SUPPORT KIND OF WHAT WE DO SOME OF THE PEOPLE THERE KNEW MAYFIELD AND SAY HE TOUCHED THEIR LIFE SUMMER TWO AGO I WAS OUT DRIVING AROUND JUST THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS CAME ACROSS SOME KIDS OUTSIDE PLAYING THE STREET SHOES BASKETBALL STOPPED YOU KNOW TO PLAY WITH THEM. TURNED OUT IT WAS DANIEL AND HIS SISTERS. GEORGE SAYS THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE MET MAYFIELD. BUT HE INTERACTED WITH THEM MANY MORE TIMES AND SAID HIS PERSONALITY MADE HIM SMILE. YOU KNOW, YOU JUST THIS HE WAS LIKE ONE OF THOSE ONE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, SHINING LIGHTS, YOU KNOW? I MEAN, HE JUST HE JUST HAD THAT GREAT PERSONALITY AND HE WAS ALWAYS HAPPY. CHASE BIRDMAN MAYFIELD THIS SUMMER. AND THEY BECAME FAST FRIENDS. HE WAS WRITING THIS LITTLE GROM AROUND. 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 GROUP FROM THE PROCESSION, FOLLOWED MAYFIELD AND HIS BIKE TO THE CEMETERY AND R GET LOCAL BREAKING NEWS ALERTS The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Your Email AddressSubmit Privacy Notice Advertisement Dirt bike riders, community honor El Reno middle schooler who died unexpectedly El Reno middle schooler, Daniel Maifield, died unexpectedly this week from RSV Share Copy Link Copy {copyShortcut} to copy Link copied! Updated: 10:42 PM CST Nov 19, 2022 Infinite Scroll Enabled Kolby Terrell Reporter 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 PoliceGeorge 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. EL RENO, Okla. — 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. Advertisement Video Player is loading.Play VideoPlayMuteCurrent Time 0:00/Duration 0:00Loaded: 0%Stream Type LIVESeek to live, currently behind liveLIVERemaining Time -0:00 1xPlayback RateChaptersChaptersDescriptionsdescriptions off, selectedCaptionscaptions settings, opens captions settings dialogcaptions off, selectedAudio TrackPicture-in-PictureFullscreenThis is a modal window.Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window.TextColorWhiteBlackRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentBackgroundColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentTransparentWindowColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyTransparentSemi-TransparentOpaqueFont Size50%75%100%125%150%175%200%300%400%Text Edge StyleNoneRaisedDepressedUniformDropshadowFont FamilyProportional Sans-SerifMonospace Sans-SerifProportional SerifMonospace SerifCasualScriptSmall CapsReset restore all settings to the default valuesDoneClose Modal DialogEnd of dialog window.Advertisement 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.