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Salvation Army Officer comforts bus crash children

A veteran Salvation Army officer is providing counselling and ongoing support in the aftermath of last month’s bus crash in Vaucluse that injured six school children.

Anthony Mcadam, an Envoy in the Salvation Army for 20 years has visited many of the sick children in hospital offering his help to parents and friends after the accident that happened last week.

Feedback from the parents of the children, with whom he is working with closely, indicates that his work is having a beneficial effect. John Marton, of Kogarah said “Envoy Mcadam is very helpful in providing an opportunity to share our suffering, and as a means of comfort and healing”.

“These visits have opened up for me some of the richest and most rewarding opportunities which I have ever experienced. There were some very precious moments with these very brave children,” Envoy Mcadam said.

“Everyday people, from all walks of life, have expressed their concern about the accident and the suffering.”

The accident occurred last week when a bus carrying the children collided with a car driven by a 63-year-old American tourist.

In the week following the accident, Envoy Mcadam has made daily visits of many hours to the hospital.

“By day three the condition of many of these children had noticeably improved,” he said, adding that all have now left hospital.

The driver has been ordered to face court on negligent driving charges early next month