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Members of the Maputsoe Branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were mourning Sunday when they met for their weekly sacrament service, one day after a multi-vehicle crash killed eight girls and two Young Women’s leaders.
A total of 26 girls, all between the ages of 12 and 17, were traveling with the two adults to a district Young Women activity on Saturday when the minibus they were in was part of collisions involving multiple vehicles.
Thirteen other girls remain hospitalized for treatment of the injuries they suffered in the crash and subsequent fire, a church official said. Five other girls were treated for injuries and discharged.
The Young Women’s activity was canceled when news of the accident reached organizers, said Nelly Makatleho Moorosi, the church’s Lesotho communications director.
Details about the tragic accident remain incomplete, said Elder Siyabonga Mkhize, an Africa South Area Seventy for the church. He said people in other vehicles also were killed or injured.
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