Last summer, I posted this item about a remarkable order of African American nuns in Harlem.

Late today, some sad news about one of their members:

An elderly nun was killed after a minivan fleeing the police struck a Honda at an intersection in Harlem, sending the minivan over a curb and into three pedestrians Tuesday morning, according to witnesses and police officials.

Wayne Harris, a 42-year-old salon owner, was sitting in his car at the corner of West 122nd Street and Lenox Avenue around 9:30 a.m. when he saw the blue Chrysler minivan barreling down Lenox Avenue southbound at a high speed. A black unmarked police car with lights flashing and sirens blaring followed about a block behind, he said.

The minivan ran through a red light and collided with a Honda Odyssey. The blue minivan started spinning and hit two elderly women who were standing on a traffic island at Lenox and West 122nd, waiting to cross, he said.

“It made a loud impact like an explosion,” Mr. Harris said.

The nun was identified by the Archdiocese of New York as Sister Mary Celine Graham, 83, of the Franciscan Handmaids of Mary in Harlem; Sister Mary Celine had been a member of the order for about 50 years, according to members of the convent.

There’s more at the link.