Couple killed by falling concrete slab were youth pastors

CORRECTS TO THREE PEOPLE KILLED - Todd Green, center, of the Bonney Lake Police Department, talks to members of the media in Bonney Lake, Wash., Monday April 13, 2015, after three people were killed when a piece of concrete fell from a nearby overpass onto a pickup truck in the roadway below. (David Montesino/The News Tribune via AP) CORRECTS TO THREE PEOPLE KILLED - Todd Green, center, of the Bonney Lake Police Department, talks to members of the media in Bonney Lake, Wash., Monday April 13, 2015, after three people were killed when a piece of concrete fell from a nearby overpass onto a pickup truck in the roadway below. (David Montesino/The News Tribune via AP)

By Associated Press April 14, 2015 1 min read

BONNEY LAKE, Wash. (AP) – A Washington couple who died when a large concrete slab fell from a highway overpass onto their pickup truck were youth ministers in their 20s.

Pastor James Ludlow of EastPoint Foursquare Church in Sumner says the three killed Monday when the concrete barrier landed on the truck’s cab were Josh and Vanessa Ellis and their baby, Hudson.

Ludlow says the church’s congregation is mourning their deaths, and a candlelight vigil is set for Tuesday evening.

Construction crews were installing a sidewalk on the state Route 410 overpass in the city of Bonney Lake when the chunk of concrete weighing thousands of pounds fell to the roadway below.

Bonney Lake is about 30 miles southeast of Seattle.