Beloved Pastor Lauded for ‘Giving His Life to Save the Woman He Loved’ in Horrific Accident
It’s every man’s worst nightmare and most heroic fantasy: Laying down your life to save the ones you love.
For Pastor David Lalgee, 64, it was neither nightmare nor fantasy, but a tragic reality.
Tributes are pouring in after Lalgee reportedly died after a horrific car crash on March 20, according to the Manchester Evening News.
The accident took place near the town of Swinton in Manchester, on the M60 roadway — and could have been even worse had it not been for Lalgee’s quick thinking.
According to the U.K.’s Daily Mail, Lalgee and his wife were driving on the M60 when a truck apparently lost control and jumped the median.
The Mail reported: “With the out-of-control truck bearing down on him, the former church minister and grandfather-of-nine braked and swerved his Volkswagen iD5 so he took the brunt of the high-speed crash …