DENVER (AP) — Nine of the 14 survivors of a church van crash in Oregon that killed two young people have returned to Colorado.
They were among 16 young men and women from the New Life Worship Center in Federal Heights traveling to Portland when their van slid on black ice Thursday near Baker City, Ore.
Thirteen people were thrown from the van, which rolled several times.
The two killed were 20-year-old Joshua John Pischura of Geneva, Ohio, and 23-year-old Taune Nicole Winter Pepper of Deer Trail.
Four people remained in Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, Sunday. They were 18-year-old Katherine Pischura of Geneva, Ohio, listed in serious condition; 19-year-old Aaron Werntz of Freeport, Ill., serious; 22-year-old William Christopher Rodgers of Lakewood, serious; and 24-year-old Phillip Harris of Attalla, Ala., critical.
A hospital spokeswoman said 18-year-old Christine Aki of Golden was discharged Saturday.
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