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School Leans On Religious Faith To Cope With Fatal Van Crash

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Students returning to a New Yorkschool following the death of a classmate in North Carolina arebeing assured that faith will ease their grief.

Kevin Mormin, an 18-year-old, a 7-foot-2 basketball center and budding star who was attending Our Savior New American School as an exchange student from Paris, was killed in Wednesday's crash.

Critically injured were two forwards and the son of the Rev.Ronald Stelzer, who is the team's coach and the school'sheadmaster. Three of Stelzer's daughters were also hurt.

The basketball team and some supporters were traveling in twovans from a tournament in Delaware to the Dell Curry High SchoolBasketball Shootout in Charlotte when the crash occurred.

The van's driver, Emily Elizabeth Stelzer, is charged withmisdemeanor death by vehicle and driving left of center. She is theheadmaster's daughter.

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