Candlelight vigil held for 7 farm workers killed in Madera County crash

KERMAN, Calif. (KFSN) -- There was a almighty amusement of enactment successful Kerman Sunday arsenic hundreds lit candles and waved lights astatine Kerckhoff Park.

The candles were a ocular reminder of 7 workplace workers who died past month.

The workers each lived successful Kerman. On the greeting of February 23, they were successful a van, heading from their homes to Lion Farms for work.

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Authorities accidental the van and a pick-up motortruck crashed head-on successful Madera County connected Avenue 7 adjacent Road 22. In all, 8 radical died.

On Sunday, the Kerman assemblage sent a wide message: They volition not hide the workers.

"(The) candle represents bid for maine and remembrance that this is conscionable the opening of their eternal life, which is forever," FUERZA co-founder Luz Cabrera said.

Sunday night's vigil comes conscionable a time aft assemblage members said their goodbyes astatine the ceremonial for the 7 workplace workers.

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While the affectional play served arsenic a last goodbye to the workers, the City of Kerman and surrounding communities proceed to amusement their support.

Various GoFundMes and section fundraisers person raised good implicit $30,000 for the victims' families.

"They inactive person a batch of costs, and they inactive request a batch of money," FUERZA Member Mayra Galvez said. "The assemblage has been unsocial successful being unneurotic to assistance these families."

Some of the 7 workers killed were from Mexico, and Action News has learned the bodies of 3 of the men person near Fresno Yosemite International Airport.

One assemblage arrived successful Mexico Sunday afternoon, and 2 others volition get Monday morning.

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