Sad News

Today was a sad day here as the news arrived that two of the sisters of one of the seminarians,

Candelario, died. The two young girls, aged 12 and 15 respectively, were in a bus that was travelling towards the capital city last Sunday afternoon. It appears that the bus left the road just as it came to a bridge and plunged into an abyss - appproximately 50m - ending up in a stream. Of the 70 people on board, 18 were killed in the accident with many of the survivors having serious injuries.

It seems that no help arrived, except for a small number of passers by, for approximately 30 minutes and then, when the emergency services had turned up, removing people from the wrecked bus was not an easy matter. The injured were transferred to various hospitals and clinics and the two girls, who are from a very remote part of the country were brought to the capital city. Unfortunately, despite the best efforts of the hospital staff, the two little sisters died last night, thus bringing to 20 the number who have died as a result of the accident, so far.

The accident has shocked the country. It is not the first time that such a thing has happened in that same location so people are looking for answers to how this was allowed to happen. It remains to be seen if any answers will be forthcoming.

Meanwhile, the families of those who were killed have to do what they can to keep going. Here in the seminary a collection was taken up to help with the costs the family of the two little girls will now face as they proceed to bury their children - May the Rest in Peace.