AUBURN, Ala.—A remembrance is set for eight young people killed when a van returning to an Alabama girls home after a week at the beach wrecked in a fiery crash during a tropical storm last month. The victims of the 17-vehicle accident, which also killed two other people in a separate car, will be remembered in a public service planned for a church in Auburn on Thursday afternoon. Michael Smith, chief executive of the Christian-based Alabama Youth Homes, said it was time to honor the youths who were killed when the Tallapoosa County Girls Ranch van became entangled in the massive pileup on June 19 at Tropical Storm Claudette blew through the Southeast. “We’re calling it a celebration of life,” Smith said. “We’re going to celebrate what God gave us while they were with us.” A van driven by the ranch director, Candice Gulley, was carrying eight children ages 3 …
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