Senior LDS missionary killed in car crash; husband critically hurt

A senior missionary couple for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were stopped at a red light in California’s Fresno County on Saturday evening when a pickup truck slammed into their vehicle at a “high rate of speed,” the Utah-based faith said Sunday, killing the wife and critically injuring her husband.

Mary Hardin, 65, died at the scene, spokesperson Sam Penrod said in a news release. Paul Hardin remained hospitalized.

“We invite all to offer prayers for those involved, especially Elder Hardin,” Penrod stated. “We send our deepest condolences to the entire Hardin family, their friends and the missionaries with whom they were serving.”

The Hardins, who hail from San Antonio, have been laboring in the California Fresno Mission since January.

Mary Hardin’s death was the second publicly reported death of a full-time Latter-day Saint missionary this year.

In March, a 19-year-old proselytizer from Idaho died from a “sudden medical emergency” while serving in New Jersey.

Seven Latter-day Saint missionaries were known to have died in 2023 while filling volunteer proselytizing assignments for the 17.2 million-member church.



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