Residents of a city in western Manitoba sought solace at church services Sunday 91裸聊视频� lighting candles, wiping away tears and offering prayers 91裸聊视频攁s they mourned 15 community members who died in a bus crash that also left 10 gravely injured.
Father Brent Kuzyk of St. George91裸聊视频檚 Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Dauphin dedicated part of his liturgy to the victims of Thursday91裸聊视频檚 crash.
A minibus was carrying a group of seniors from the community and surrounding area to a casino when it went into the path of an oncoming semi-trailer truck near the town of Carberry, some 190 kilometres away.
Helen Kufley, 88, was among those on the bus who died, her son said in a message on the weekend. No names have officially been released.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 a tragedy everyone must deal with together,91裸聊视频� Kuzyk said Sunday.
91裸聊视频淲e shall meet the sadness, meet the devastation, meet the horror head-on and meet the questioning head-on, because there is no way to get around it. There is 91裸聊视频� no way to deny it. There is no way to run from it.91裸聊视频�
Churchgoers lit candles and sang hymns. Some dabbed their eyes with tissues. Many knew the victims, as some were members of the church.
Those who died will live forever in people91裸聊视频檚 memories and in spirit, said Kuzyk.
91裸聊视频淢any have fallen asleep from this life, they are not gone.91裸聊视频�
A board member at St. George91裸聊视频檚 Place, a retirement home where three victims lived, stood during the service and offered his condolences.
Another parishioner, Rona Kamfoly, said after the service that one of the victims was a distant relative and she knew others from attending local dances.
91裸聊视频淥ne of the ladies who is gone, she was at the dance on Monday,91裸聊视频� Kamfoly said. 91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 know if it91裸聊视频檚 intuition or whatever, but I kept looking at her.
91裸聊视频淪ometimes you think about a person, and then they91裸聊视频檙e gone.91裸聊视频�
Those who died will be greatly missed, she added. 91裸聊视频淭ime is going to heal 91裸聊视频� that91裸聊视频檚 how I look at it.91裸聊视频�
Doris Dunfield, another church member, said she believes prayers are the answer.
91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e a small community. Everybody pretty well knows everybody,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淎ll we need to do now is support the families, pray for them, stick together and do what we can to help and be there for them.91裸聊视频�
The church was among many places of worship in the city of 8,600 that addressed the tragedy during their regular Sunday services.
Deacon Frances Stewart of St. Paul91裸聊视频檚 Anglican Church said before her service that she planned to offer a moment of silence for those who died.
It91裸聊视频檚 a time to offer comfort and be compassionate as people grieve, she said.
91裸聊视频淎s Christians, we have this wonderful hope, this wonderful promise of the life to come. But at this stage, the important thing is to just get through the first few days and then to be there for the months and years to come.91裸聊视频�
RCMP continued to investigate the crash. Mounties have said the truck was travelling east on the Trans-Canada Highway when the southbound bus crossed at an intersection at Highway 5.
Police say dashcam footage from the truck shows it had the right-of-way.
As of Friday, investigators had not yet spoken with the bus driver, who remained in hospital along with the nine other survivors. Shared Health said in a statement Sunday that six remained in critical care.
Kuzyk said he spent the last few days praying with people at seniors complexes where some of the victims lived.
91裸聊视频淪imply being able to verbalize whatever they91裸聊视频檙e feeling always helps,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淪ince it91裸聊视频檚 such a small community, everyone knew someone on that bus or even had relatives on the bus.91裸聊视频�
Coming together, praying for those who died, then burying them is part of the healing process, he said.
91裸聊视频淲hen we begin to heal, we gain strength, we begin to understand and then we get to prepare our lives for the next step.91裸聊视频�
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