GoFundMe For Charlie Boike St. Cloud HS Hockey Star Killed In Saturday St. Augusta Crash

STEARNS COUNTY, MN. (THECOUNT) — GoFundMe For Charlie Boike: A GoFundMe has raised over $24,000 for Charlie Boike, the St. Cloud High School hockey star killed in a Saturday night vehicle crash in Stearns County.

Boike, 17, was killed in a a single-vehicle wreck in St. Augusta Saturday night.

According to reports, Boike was operating a Chevy Trailblazer on 23rd Avenue near Majestic Drive in St Augusta, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle exited the roadway, entered a culvert and rolled over around 10:30 p.m. Saturday.

Boike pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries at the scene.

Boike was on his way home from the team’s game versus Rogers High School when the crash occurred.

Superintendent Dr. Laurie Putnam said of the tragic crash the following:

“We mourn the tragic loss of our student, Charlie Boike. We hold his family in our hearts, as well as the Tech High School and Crush Boys’ Hockey communities.”

The St. Cloud Youth Hockey Association wrote the following on the teen’s passing:

“It is with a heavy heart that we share the loss of one of our hockey players this past evening. Our hearts and prayers are with the Boike family and friends as we are heartbroken over the loss of our hockey teammate, Charlie. Our hockey community is one that truly comes together in times like this and we ask you all to lift this family up as they grieve the loss of their son, brother, and friend. To honor his life, we ask all families to place a stick outside your doors tonight so he can play hockey with the angels. Skate free Charlie.”

Via GoFundMe:

It is with a heavy heart that I share the untimely loss of Charlie Boike. Charlie, a junior at St Cloud Tech High School sadly passed in a car accident the evening of Dec. 10th.

Charlie was the 2nd son of Jeff and Erika Boike and brother to Drew and Lewis. He was a member of the St. Cloud Crush Hockey Team and #1 fan of the St Cloud Norseman.

The Boike Family is truly the heart of hockey in the St. Cloud area and we would love to be able to help them as they prepare to honor Charlie and the life he lived with a huge heart and his memorable smile.

I am a friend of the family thru hockey and assure that all funds will be delivered directly to the Boike family.

Thank you for your kindness and generosity thru this unthinkable time.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

DEVELOPING::

Geo quick facts: Stearns County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 150,642. Its county seat is St. Cloud. The county was founded in 1855. It was originally named for Isaac Ingalls Stevens, then renamed for Charles Thomas Stearns.

Minnesota is a midwestern U.S. state bordering Canada and Lake Superior, the largest of the Great Lakes. The state contains more than 10,000 other lakes, including Lake Itasca, the Mississippi River’s primary source. The “Twin Cities” of Minneapolis and state capital Saint Paul are dense with cultural landmarks like the Science Museum of Minnesota and the Walker Art Center, a modern art museum – Wikipedia.