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Singer's grandson is third victim of I-80 crash

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DANVILLE, Pa. - The grandson of a New York gospel singer has become the third person to die following a crash in central Pennsylvania on Friday involving a wrong-way driver.

D. J. Wright, 14, grandson of the Rev. Timothy Wright, died Saturday night, a nursing supervisor at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Montour County, said yesterday.

The Rev. Wright, 61, of Roosevelt, N.Y., remains in critical condition following the crash that also killed his wife, Betty, 58.

John Pick, 44, of Lewisburg, also died when he drove the wrong way on eastbound I-80 and struck the Wrights' vehicle head-on.

Timothy Wright has released more than a dozen gospel recordings, including

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus,

out last year. He is founder and pastor at Grace Tabernacle Christian Center in Brooklyn.

The Wrights were returning from a 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.

- AP

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