Student dies in wreck

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A Native medical student who studied medicine to help his people was killed in a car accident two days after his 25th birthday.

Darcy Tailfeathers, a Blood band member and third-year student at the University of Alberta, died Nov. 22 when his car hit a patch of ice near Fox Creek.

Tailfeathers was the university's first and only Indian medical student and recently returned to Alberta after studying at the Indian medical program at the University of North Dakota.

He had also studied at the Brigham Young University of Utah on a hockey scholarship.

Tailfeathers is survived by his wife and three children. The funeral was held Nov. 26 at the Cardston West Stake Centre.