Auburn: a warning set for eight young people who were killed when a van returned to the house of a girl alabama after a week on the beach was broken in a fiery accident during a tropical storm last month.
The 17-vehicle accident victims, who also killed two other people in separate cars, would be remembered in public services planned for a church in Auburn on Thursday afternoon.
Michael Smith, Chief Executive of the Christian-based Alabama Youth House, said it was time to respect the young men who were killed when Van Ranch Girls Tallapoosa County became entangled in the big pileup on June 19 at the Tropical Storm Claudette exploded through the southeast.
“We call it a living celebration,” Smith said.
“We will celebrate what God gives us when they are with us.” A van driven by the Director of Animal Husbandry, Candice Gulley, brought eight children aged 3 to 17 when the accident occurred around 35 miles (55 kilometers) south of Montgomery at Interstate 65.
The investigator did not say what happened, but the initial report from the National Transportation Safety Board Can be released soon.
Gulley, who lost two children and two nieces in the accident, was the only survivor in the van and planned to speak on the show, Smith said.
A Tennessee man and his daughter died in another vehicle.
Gulley has taken the group to Alabama beach for a sponsored annual trip by the girl farm, who cares on the girls who are harassed and ignored and are located about 60 miles (96 kilometers) northeast of Montgomery.
The online fundraising campaign brings almost $ 550,000 for boys and girls in the state after the wreck.