Bismarck pastor & family hit by train; daughters killed in crash

BISMARCK, Ark. – A family, church and community are grieving tonight after a truck-carrying a pastor and his three children-was hit by a train in Clark County Thursday.

Two of the children were killed.

The father and his other child survived and are in the hospital recovering from injuries. The two children killed were Fryar’s daughters, Marley Jo and Dana Kate Fryar.

Head pastor of Crossroads Cowboy Church, Ron Riddle, said Chad Fryar and his three children were the ones in that truck. Fryar is the pastor of the church branch in Bismarck.

“I cried a lot of tears yesterday,” Riddle said. “Chad and Rachel have become like our own children. Their kids called us Nana and Po."

The church is no stranger to tragedy, even this year. However, Riddle said they have already learned how to get through times like this together.

“My other granddaughter passed away about six months ago,” Riddle said. “It has brought our church family closer because of that, and I know this is going to as well."

Chad had just preached in Bismarck last Sunday – something he does weekly.

The message, which was streamed on the church’s Facebook accou...