Jul 6, 2008 7:19 pm US/Eastern
Gospel Singer's Grandson Dies; Wreck Killed Three
LONDON (AP) ―
The grandson of a New York
gospel singer has become the third person killed in a crash in Pennsylvania involving a
wrong-way driver.
D.J. Wright, 14, the
grandson of the Rev. Timothy Wright, died Saturday evening, a nursing
supervisor at Geisinger Medical Center
in Danville
said Sunday.
The Rev. Wright, 61, of
Roosevelt, N.Y. remains in critical condition following
the crash late Friday that also killed his wife Betty, 58.
John Pick, 44, of
Lewisburg also died when he drove the wrong-way on eastbound Interstate 80 and
struck the Wrights' vehicle head-on.
Timothy Wright has
released more than a dozen gospel recordings, including "Jesus, Jesus,
Jesus," which came out last year. He is the founder and pastor at Grace Tabernacle
Christian Center
in Brooklyn.
New York music agent Will Bogle called the
news "completely deflating."
"He's been a
mentor to me in ways he probably doesn't even know," said Bogle, who
represents gospel performer Ricky Dillard.
"He's a giving man; I've not seen a person more tangible to his church,
to his community, to his friends. Everyone I know is deeply touched and
saddened."
The Wrights were
returning from a Church of God in Christ conference in Detroit, said Leroy Johnson, a trustee at
Grace Tabernacle.
The couple has five
sons, and the family asked that no other information be released, Johnson said
Saturday.
A passenger in a third
vehicle that struck the Wrights from behind remained in fair condition Sunday,
the nursing supervisor said.
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