Churches schedule memorial services for crash victims
Tuesday 1st September 2026 on 20:45 in
Iceland
Memorial services will be held at Lágafell Church and Háteig Church on Wednesday following the deaths of Arndís Halla Guðlaugsdóttir and Benjamín Guðmundsson in a car crash on Krýsuvíkurvegur, mbl.is reports.
Arndís was 16 and Benjamín was 21. Lágafell Church announced its service on Facebook, with the event scheduled for 5.30pm. Háteig Church said on its website that its service would begin at 6pm.
Three young people died in the crash. Police in the capital area and the Transportation Accident Investigation Board are investigating the circumstances.
The crash is the deadliest in Iceland since December 2018. Many people have travelled along Krýsuvíkurvegur to pay tribute to those who died.