Church music director injured
Mark Thallander, formerly assistant organist at the Crystal Cathedral and director of music at Lake Avenue Church in Pasadena, suffered serious injuries in a car accident Sunday evening on the Maine Turnpike, near Ogunquit.
According to colleague John West, artist in residence at Bel Air Presbyterian Church, Thallander was returning alone to a friend’s house from a church service in Worcester, Mass., when, during a heavy rainstorm, he ran off the road. He suffered severe blood loss, and his left arm was shattered and had to be amputated.
Thallander, who lives in Pasadena, is recuperating at the Maine Medical Center in Portland and is improving daily, West said.
-- Chris Pasles
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