BLAKELY, Ga. – An aging church van headed to an out-of-state revival blew a tire on a highway and flipped repeatedly, ejecting all 19 people on board and killing the pastor and three others, authorities said Monday.
A woman who survived told investigators that “everybody just flew out of the van,” said Early County coroner Todd Hunter
“She said she remembered rolling, but didn’t know if she was rolling inside or outside of the van,” Hunter said.
In addition to those who died, 15 passengers were injured in the crash Sunday evening on U.S. 27 south of Blakely, said Gordy Wright, spokesman for the Georgia State Patrol.
The dead included Apostle Ronmyka D. Williams, the 35-year-old pastor of the Tabernacle of Prayer and Deliverance in Columbus. Hunter said the pastor’s brother identified his body.