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FORT WAYNE - Updates in medical conditions for children injured in a church bus accident and a falling tree accident that occurred Wednesday were provided by personnel from Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne.
Ten children were injured and one killed when the First Christian Church of Warsaw van they were riding in was struck by a semi-tractor trailer at the intersection of U.S. 24 and Ind. 101, near Woodburn.
Lindsey Bruner, 11, of Winona Lake, was released Friday and Kearston Ogden, 10, and Tara Goble, 13, both of Warsaw, were upgraded from serious to fair condition. Jeremy Taylor, 11, remains in serious condition at Parkview.
Funeral services for Catlyn Gosnell, 11, of Winona Lake, took place this morning.
The children were en route to Woodburn Christian Children's Home when the accident occurred. The driver of the van, A. Scott Smiley, 30, of Warsaw, also was injured.
The North Webster boy who was injured Wednesday when a tree fell on him was released from Parkview Sunday - his sixth birthday.
Tyler Lee Herbst suffered a fractured skull when he was unable to run out of the way of the 14-inch diameter 16- to 18-foot tree his father was cutting down.
