Christian rock band MercyMe's tour bus collided with a car in northeastern Indiana, killing two passengers and injuring the pregnant car driver, Kara Klinker, who was in the last trimester of her pregnancy, lost her baby. The group canceled their show. No one in band was seriously injured -- just "minor bumps and bruises." Fort Wayne police Officer Liza Thomas said witnesses told police the bus was going through a green light about 1:15 a.m. when the car made a left turn in front of it. The band had been in Fort Wayne for a Friday night show at Parkview Field.
A news story on the crash and a photo of the damaged front of the bus were posted on the band's website Saturday.
"MercyMe would like to express their incredible heartache over this horrible accident," the band said in a statement. "They are praying for the families of all who this will affect, and are asking others to please pray as well." "Their hearts are heavy," the band's statement said. "They appreciate the concern they have received from people all over the world."
Two passengers in the car, a male and female, were pronounced dead. Driver Kara Klinker, 18, was in her third trimester of pregnancy and the baby died. Klinker was hospitalized Saturday in critical condition, Thomas said.
MercyMe, best known for its 2001 single I Can Only Imagine, started in 1994 in Greenville, Texas. In July, the band was ranked ninth on Billboard magazine's Top Christian Albums list for "10," (INO/Provident-Integrity).
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