blogs.nashvillescene.com reported. David Rhodes died of pneumonia at age 70 just a few weeks ago, some six months after a devastating DUI car accident on an Orange County, Calif. freeway left him in the hospital for three months with broken ribs, a broken arm and leg and pins in his vertebrae, the OC Weekly reports.
According to the paper, the Vietnam vet, who is to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery, never fully regained his health.
And who is the DUI driver who so broke this man's body? None other than Music City Church pastor and Trinity Broadcasting Network contributor Steve Galiher. According to the report, on April 26 Galiher was speeding "at least over 85 miles per hour in his company-owned BMW...when he smashed into a car, causing it to overturn twice."
The officer on the scene said he smelled a strong odor of alcohol emanating from Galiher, who claimed he'd only had two glasses of red wine. He was in town for the religious industrial complex's Behind the Scenes with Paul Crouch. Galiher was charged on suspicion of DUI resulting in an injury.
A spokeswoman for the Orange County Criminal Attorney said her office is not investigating Rhodes' death to determine whether manslaughter charges against Galiher are appropriate. She said medical evidence proving a causal link could initiate an investigation, but added that a call from little ol' Pith isn't enough to get the ball rolling.
