19 Apr 05 School Bus Accident

You may or may not have heard or read about a school bus accident in Arlington, Virginia yesterday. The school children are in the same school district as our children but they attend a different school.

Seventeen people were involved in the accident - two adults and fifteen children.

Twelve children were treated and released at a local area hospital. Two children remain hospitalized; one remains in critical condition and one is in serious condition. The drivers remain hospitalized and in critical condition.

Sadly one of the children was killed in the accident.

Since they have not released any names of the injured children we are not sure if we know any of the affected families. We do not know the family of the child who was killed - though the last name is shared by our Hispanic minister.

I will be talking to Oscar today (our Hispanic minister) and we will formulate some plan to reach out to this family.

Here are some things you can be praying for: Please pray for the children who were injured. Please pray for the adult drivers who were injured. Please pray for the Gomez family. Pray as well for our effort to minister to these families.

Reader's Comments

1. Thurman8er | 19 Apr 2005 1:05 pm

   All of the families and all of you will be in my prayers today.

2. Ebyboy | 19 Apr 2005 4:01 pm

   I passed by some of the news trucks that covered the story on my way back from work yesterday. What a tragedy.

   Such fatalities to my knowledge are unsual in that area. The circumstances contributing to this incident have to be pretty unusual involving as they did two public vehicles.

   My prayers go to those affected.

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