A black Pontiac ran a red light and hit a minivan killing 5 people on board.

Members of Custer Road United Methodist Church filed out of the 9:45 a.m. Sunday service in high spirits, buoyed by a sun-soaked morning and the high school choir’s return from an out-of-town tour.

By Sunday evening, hundreds of congregation members returned to reconcile the day’s events with tear-stained faces, somber whispers and hugs of consolation.

“I don’t why it happened but I do know this – that this morning, this family lived and they died and … they live now. They live with God,” senior minister Dr. Ronald D. Henderson said.

Plano police said the driver of the Pontiac was speeding westbound on Legacy Drive, ran the light at Custer Road, lost control and broadsided the minivan about 10:50 a.m.

Three of the victims died at the scene, where onlookers gathered throughout the day. Two other girls were taken to local hospitals and pronounced dead.

“In my many years of being a police officer – and I’ve been a traffic investigator since 2001 – this is by far the most devastating crash I’ve seen,” said Plano police spokesman Andrae Smith.

The names of the two foster children were not released Sunday while authorities tried to notify relatives.

Police would not identify the driver of the Pontiac, who remained in critical condition at an area hospital, Officer Smith said.

No one else suffered life-threatening injuries, but two other vehicles were damaged.
Source: Dallasnews.com

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