PRESTON, Idaho, April 25, 2018 (Gephardt Daily) — Four LDS missionaries serving in the Utah-Logan mission were injured Wednesday in a car crash in Preston, Idaho, which left two elderly people in another vehicle dead.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released the following statement at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday:
The driver and passenger killed in the other vehicle were L. Max Richards, 83, and Phyllis Richards, 80, a married couple from Franklin, Idaho, according to the Preston Citizen. The accident happened at 12:46 p.m. Wednesday three miles south of Preston.
According to the Idaho State Police, the accident happened when the Richards’ Jeep Grand Cherokee turned in front of the 2011 Ford Edge carrying the missionaries. The Richards died at the scene.
The four missionaries in the Ford Edge were transported by ground ambulance to a nearby hospital.
People who are 62 and 67 could hardly be considered elderly. Is that the only adjective the news can use to describe people over 50?