Nebraska crash kills Minneapolis family of five

A Minneapolis couple and their three young children were killed in a collision in Nebraska on their way to a final round of training before moving to Japan to work as Christian missionaries.

Jamison and Kathryne Pals, both 29, died along with their children when a semitrailer truck truck rear-ended their minivan just before noon Sunday on Interstate 80 in a construction zone near Brule. Three-year-old Ezra, 23-month-old Violet and 2-month-old Calvin died at the scene with their parents.

The force of the impact pushed the family’s van into three other westbound vehicles. Both the van and the truck burst into flames.

http://www.startribune.com/nebraska-crash-kills-minneapolis-family-of-five/388875631/