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"Our thoughts and our prayers are with their families," Rumsfeld said. "Both the Republic of Korea and the United States are working closely together to prevent future accidents from occurring."

At a temple in downtown Seoul, 150 Buddhists prayed and bowed in memorial services for the two 13-year-old schoolgirls who were crushed to death in June by an armored vehicle operated by the two Americans.

"Every time I see my 13-year-old daughter, I think about the two girls and my heart aches," said Myong Ahn-haeng at Chogye Temple, the headquarters of South Korea's largest Buddhist order.

Near the U.S. Embassy several blocks away, 50 female activists, dressed in white traditional Korean funeral clothes, sang anti-U.S. songs. A sorcerer danced and performed a ritual for the dead girls.