The tragic demise of Tennessee State soccer participant Chazan Web page blindsided his household, associates and teammates.
However his final second of life was certainly one of heroism.
Web page sacrificed his life to avoid wasting his girlfriend, pushing her out of the trail of the automotive that was barreling down on them, in response to the lady.
Jayda Jernigan, Web page’s girlfriend, chatting with FOX-17 in Nashville detailed what occurred.
“It occurred so quick. He, like, pushed me out of the best way and he acquired the brunt of all of it.”
Web page was strolling Jernigan and different associates to their automobile as they had been crossing Gallatin Pike close to Marion Avenue early Sunday morning in Nashville when the deadly incident occurred.
Jernigan described that the automotive concerned was darkish crimson or probably black.
“A automotive was going most likely like 100 miles an hour down the road. We had been strolling, however I used to be on the facet the place the automotive was,” she stated.
“He simply made positive all people was straight, Jernigan stated of her boyfriend of over a 12 months. “If I used to be hungry, he would take me to go get meals. If I wanted one thing from the shop [he would go].”
Chazan’s father, Rico Web page, stated that his son “at all times needed to assist individuals.”
“He at all times needed to be a bodily therapist. That was his factor he at all times needed to assist individuals,” Web page stated.
Web page, the beginning middle on the soccer staff, was simply six courses shy of commencement earlier than his demise.