As we were leaving our house to meet some of our friends for lunch, we noticed several fire trucks heading up toward our church. About a minute later, we also saw CareFlight. For some reason, I just knew it had something to do with our church since it was right before 11 on a Sunday morning. The thing we couldn't figure out, however, was how there could have been an accident or something bad enough that CareFlight would respond. Mainly because there are police officers all over the place directing traffic as people leave church (both in front of the church itself as well as up at the remote lot up the road).
When we got home, I checked my email, and there was a message from our pastor. It looks like I was right. Apparently, a family had just left church when a car ran a red light just north of the church next to the remote lot (not even a mile from our house), and the accident killed all five people in the minivan that were on their way home from church. There's a new story about the accident here. The CareFlight helicopter we saw was on its way to pick up at least one of the people involved with the crash.
It's amazing to think how easily we could have been witnesses to that horric accident. Even worse, it could have easily been us. With something like that happening so close to home, it really does remind you how precious life is.
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