MILAM COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A grand jury has indicted the driver investigators believe caused a crash that killed Cooper Elsik, 18, and Brooke Patton, 17, on Christmas Eve last year.
The Texas Department of Public Safety said Elsik was driving on U.S. 79 in Milam County behind a pickup truck pulling a utility trailer, when the truck veered into oncoming traffic, hit another car, and pushed that vehicle into Elsik’s. Friends said the teens were heading to a Christmas event in College Station.
Cooper Elsik and Brooke Patton were tragically killed in a car crash on Christmas Eve 2025.
Friends described the “beloved” young couple as kind, fun and the “foundation” of the coworkers-turned friends at Soapy Falls, the car wash the teens worked at in Round Rock.
