PORTLAND, Maine — Southern Baptist summer missionary Palmer Maphet, 20, of Mount Juliet, Tenn., was killed and three other Tennessee students and their supervisor were injured June 16 when their car was struck by another vehicle near Portland, Maine.
Maphet, a sophomore at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, was serving on a team sent out by Tennessee Baptist Collegiate Ministry to minister at Laconia Motorcycle Week in Laconia, N.H. They were en route to the event when the accident occurred.
According to a news report by the Portland (Maine) News, a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck, driven by Paula Haddow, 63, of Standish, Maine, crossed into the lane and struck McClendon’s car.
“Palmer Maphet was an exceptional Christian man,” said Bill Choate, director of Baptist Collegiate Ministries for the Tennessee Baptist Convention. “He will obviously be missed by so very many.”
Share with others: