 Story highlights "We've lost a lot of family members, church family," a man whose father died tells CNN affiliate WPBF 
 
 Eight people are dead, 10 are injured after a church van crash in Florida early Monday 
 
 Investigators don't know why the van ran a stop sign and plunged into a shallow canal 
 
 (CNN) A dark intersection. Some relatives of the crash victims, all of whom were from the Independent Haitian Assembly of God in Fort Pierce, gathered at the rural intersection Monday morning. "This is very sad — a tragedy," Philippe Dorce, who said his father-in-law and a cousin died in the crash, told the Palm Beach Post. That's about all police in Glades County, Florida, had to work with early Monday, hours after a van with 18 people inside ran a stop sign, crossed a four-lane highway and plunged into a shallow water-filled ditch. The driver, 58-year-old Volsaint Marsaille, and seven passengers were confirmed dead. "She loved singing and helping people," Dolce said. Read or Share this story: http://usat.ly/1CoD1l4
– A church van returning from a trip to Fort Myers, Fla., crashed in Glades County this morning around 12:30am, killing eight people. The van was apparently traveling on State Road 78 when it ran a stop sign at Highway 27, crossed all four lanes of the highway and a concrete median, then hit a steep ditch on the shoulder with water in it. The other 10 passengers were injured, CNN reports; all of those in the van were adults except a 4-year-old, who is in stable condition. The driver was among those killed, and two of the injured are in critical condition. An investigation is underway, USA Today reports.