A Washington state church and an online campaign by members of the Ethiopian community are raising funds to help a Spokane-area family return home with the remains of their children following an August 16 crash at a highway intersection east of Calgary. On the afternoon of August 16, the family’s SUV was involved in a collision with a semi-tractor trailer at the intersection of Highway 36 and Highway 570 south of the town of Hanna, Alberta. A funeral service for Blen, Christian and Emenet Adugna will be held Friday, August 25 at the church. The parents, Solomon Adugna and Meseret Shiferaw, are expected to return to the United States in the coming days. A GoFundMe account has been created to help the Habesha, originally from northern Ethiopia, parents with the cost they will encounter, estimated at $30,000, when returning stateside with their deceased children.

Source: Ethiopian News August 20, 2017 19:19 UTC