Evangelist David Wilkerson, who wrote the popular book The Cross and the Switchblade, founded New York’s Times Square Church and an international ministry to gang members and drug addicts, died in a traffic accident on April 27, according to media reports.
Wilkerson, 79, died after his car slammed into a truck on a highway about 95 miles southeast of Dallas, according to The Associated Press. His wife, Gwen, was also injured but is expected to recover.
Wilkerson was known most for his outreach to street gangs, which he started after viewing a photo in Life magazine of …