Posted on 02/14/2010 1:58:42 AM PST by kcvl
Edited on 02/14/2010 7:07:26 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Two men died Saturday morning when their pickup collided head-on with one of Trace Adkins' tour buses north of Shreveport, Louisiana.
Adkins was not on the bus, but five members of his band and crew suffered minor injuries, the country music singer's Web site said.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
At the time, he didn’t know if any of the band would be with him on the CenturyTel stage, where he planned to do just a few respectful songs before the show by headliner Martina McBride, then gather his band “and go home.”
The crash was horrific, he learned when he rushed to the accident scene to console his band..
“The one hurt the worst was my bass player, Greg Baker. He was in the jump seat up front. He went through the windshield and was hanging over the front of the bus.” Amazingly, he was not believed to have broken any bones, suffering a dislocated shoulder, rotater cuff injury and cuts and bruises. “He’s all banged up.”
Adkins said his steel-guitar player, Wayne Addleman, “was just coming up front and he hit the divider in the middle of the bus. He cut his ear pretty bad and he’s bruised on one whole side of his body.”
RIP.
We were at the concert in Bossier City, La. Trace and his band played three very solemn songs and dedicated the last one to the families of those men, packed up and went home to Nashville.
His band members could barely walk. It was surreal. You couldn't help but feel sorry for them.
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