LDS missionary husband follows wife in death, days after tragic crash

FRESNO, California (KSL.com) — A hubby and woman serving arsenic full-time elder missionaries successful California person some died arsenic a consequence of a postulation accident.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced nan wife’s decease connected Sunday, saying she died astatine nan segment of nan accident. On Tuesday, nan connection was updated to opportunity her hubby had besides died aft being hospitalized successful captious information from nan accident.

Elder Paul Hardin and Sister Mary Hardin are from San Antonio, Texas, and began their work successful nan California Fresno Mission successful January.

“Our deepest sympathies and condolences spell to nan Hardin family pinch nan tragic nonaccomplishment of these religious missionaries. We believe that each who are mourning will beryllium blessed pinch spot and comforted successful their religion successful nan Savior Jesus Christ,” nan church’s connection said.

The clang occurred Saturday evening successful Fresno County, California, erstwhile nan mates was “stopped astatine a reddish ray erstwhile a pickup motortruck struck their conveyance astatine a precocious complaint of speed,” according to a religion statement.