The 5-year-old daughter of Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman was killed Wednesday afternoon after a being hit by an SUV that her teenage brother was driving.
Maria Sue Chapman was playing with several other children in the driveway of her family’s Williamson County home when her brother, whose name and age has not been released, drove a Toyota Land Cruiser down the driveway. The teen did not see Maria before the vehicle hit her.
She was airlifted to Vanderbilt Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Maria is one of the youngest of Chapman’s six children.
Posted By: Frankenstein
Date: Sun, May 25, 2008 06:24:00 PDT
There are lessons for all of us in the Steven Curtis Chapman double tragedy where the youngest son accidentally kills the youngest daughter. How do you deal with such grief? With faith, hope and love. That explains my essay, which if you wish, you can read here: ‘Good Grief! Steven Curtis Chapman, please don’t be Sue-sad’ (http://frankahilario.blogspot.com/).