Marietta Church Mourns Loss of Five in Fla. Crash

10:13 PM, Jan 30, 2012   |    comments
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By MIKE STEWART
Associated Press

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) -- Members of a suburban Atlanta church that caters to the local Brazilian community gathered to mourn the death of a pastor and four others in a pair of pileups on a Florida interstate that killed 10 people.

Florida Highway Patrol spokesman Lt. Patrick Riordan identified four of the five as: Jose Carmo Jr., Adriana Carmo, Leticia Carmo and Edson Carmo.

Arao Amazonas, senior pastor at the International Church of the Restoration in Marietta says Jose and Adriana Carmo were married and Leticia was their daughter.

Amazonas says the couple's younger daughter, Lidiane, was injured in the crash. Those injured in Sunday's crash were taken to Shands at the University of Florida, a hospital in Gainesville. A hospital spokeswoman said Monday Lidiane Carmo was listed in critical condition.


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