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Fiery crash at Calvary Baptist church mourns pastor and six boys
In Urbana Illinois a church van carrying Calvary Baptist Academy players skidded on ice on a rural road near Willard Airport and was hit by an oncoming bus, killing Rev. Jesse Hughes 26 and six boys ages 10 to 15 from Urbana Champaign and Rantoul. The accident left about 76 students at the school grieving as church members prayed for strength. The crash followed a game trip to Pana and fog canceled flights in St Louis.
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Christian Academy
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Joel Stephen
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