....Brothers and Sisters;
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..I dont usually do this, but after reading this I felt such a lose for the
..families, the Lord has moved me to pass it on.
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..........SUNDAY MAY 2 1999
..7 Dead in Church BusCrash
..7 Dead in Church BusCrash
...MAYHILL, N.M. (AP) _
..A camper being towed by a pickup truck broke loose Sunday and hit ...a bus and rammed into another pickup, killing six girls traveling ...home by bus from a church retreat and the driver of the ..second pickup, state police said. When the pickup swerved, the ..camper broke loose and its fifth wheel, a device that mounts it to the ..pickup's bed, broke free and ``tore along the side of bus,'' state ..police Capt. John ..Balderston said. It also struck the second pickup, ...which was behind the bus. The mounting device ``just slid and just ..smashed into the bus,''said Julie Selleck, who works at Pine ..Springs Summer Camp ``It's pretty devastating.'' The girls, ages ..12 to 17, were killed instantly, Balderston said. There was no ..information available about ..the pickup driver who was killed.
......In addition to those killed, three people were in critical ..condition, five were in serious condition and 19 were in stable ..condition at Alamogordo and Albuquerque hospitals, Selleck ..said.
..A camper being towed by a pickup truck broke loose Sunday and hit ...a bus and rammed into another pickup, killing six girls traveling ...home by bus from a church retreat and the driver of the ..second pickup, state police said. When the pickup swerved, the ..camper broke loose and its fifth wheel, a device that mounts it to the ..pickup's bed, broke free and ``tore along the side of bus,'' state ..police Capt. John ..Balderston said. It also struck the second pickup, ...which was behind the bus. The mounting device ``just slid and just ..smashed into the bus,''said Julie Selleck, who works at Pine ..Springs Summer Camp ``It's pretty devastating.'' The girls, ages ..12 to 17, were killed instantly, Balderston said. There was no ..information available about ..the pickup driver who was killed.
......In addition to those killed, three people were in critical ..condition, five were in serious condition and 19 were in stable ..condition at Alamogordo and Albuquerque hospitals, Selleck ..said.
..About 80 people from Green Lawn Church of Christ in
..Lubbock, ..Texas, had been at the isolated,
mountainous camp in ..the Lincoln National Forest for a weekend retreat, Selleck
said. ..Members of the church group gathered after the
accident at Cuba ..Avenue Church of Christ in Alamogordo. They were to take a
bus ..provided by Holloman Air Force Base to another church in Artesia ..and
home from there, church elder Jim Morrow said.
..``There's a a lot of togetherness,'' Morrow said. ``We had a special ..prayer service tonight. It was emotional and intense.'' Mayhill is ..about 150 miles southeast of Albuquerque
..``There's a a lot of togetherness,'' Morrow said. ``We had a special ..prayer service tonight. It was emotional and intense.'' Mayhill is ..about 150 miles southeast of Albuquerque
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..We need to pray that the Lord our God comforts those who lost a ..loved
one, and pray for all who were hurt. I could just imagine
..my little girl going to summer camp, and being so devastated at
..having something like this happen. We lost some sisters in Christ,
..but they are home now. Take care of them Jesus!
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SENIOR COMMANDER OUTPOST 107
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Je'an Lee Howe
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Neighborhood Outreach Church, Sacto, CA
