A bivocational North Carolina pastor and his wife were killed about 200 yards from their church Sunday when an Amtrak train heading to Savannah, Georgia, crashed into their SUV.
Pastor Eugene and Dorothy Lyons, who led The Messiah Baptist Church, were killed in the crash reported just after 2:20 p.m. in the area of Nash and Railroad streets in Whitakers, authorities told WNCN.
The couple from Battleboro who are in their 60s reportedly drove their SUV around a lowered crossing arm and into the path of the passing train.
Whitakers Police Chief Darrell Cofield, who knew the pastor and his wife, said it is unclear why Dorothy Lyons who was driving went around the crossing arm, but a witness, he said, confirmed it.
“It bothered me because growing up here I’ve seen train wrecks before, it really touches close to home with people who [you] grew up with and know,” Cofield said.
The Christian Post reached out to the Lyons’ home and church for comment on Wednesday but no one was available.
Sharpsburg resident Kymari Garrett told CP that Pastor Lyons was a bivocational minister who worked alongside him at the QVC distribution center.
Lyons, he said, had spoken…
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