Friends and family gathered on Monday to pay their final respects to the 10-year-old student killed in last Thursday’s deadlyNew Jersey bus crash.
Miranda Vargas, a fifth grade student at East Brook Middle School, andJennifer Williamson,a fifth grade teacher at the school, were killed on Thursday morningwhen a dump truck collided with a school buscarrying other students and teachers on Interstate 80 near Mount Olive.
In addition to the two fatalities, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy previously revealed during a press conference that all of the other 43 passengers on the bus had been injured.
In a GoFundMe created for the girl,Lorena and Tony Vargas wrote that while they “are devastated,”the parents will “always carry her legacy with us forever.”
Added the Vargas family, “Her smile was contagious and that is how we will forever remember her.”
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Among thehundreds of mourners who gatheredfor the 10-year-old’s wake and memorial service on Sunday, NBC New York reported that the crowd included a few others who were on the bus.
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The Vargas’ family’s lawyer David Fried also told NJ.comthat the family is “just devastated,”but that “their faith, I think, will help them get through this very difficult time.”
Fried did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
In a statement shared on Friday, Williamson’s husband shared the grief and emotional pain he felt after losing his “beautiful bride.”
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According to the joint release from state police andthe Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, “The investigation into the circumstances surrounding this crash are ongoing.”
source: people.com
