Prayers for safe trip broken by fatal train crash

A joyous Velli Jente had just stepped off his Pretoria-bound train when another ploughed into the back of it, trapping scores of his fellow praying congregants inside.

Moments before – as he does every day – Jente had been standing in carriage two of Train 08, singing with his fellow Apostolic churchgoers, praising the Lord for the journey to be safe.

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