Former Blink 182 Drummer Travis Barker Critically Injured In Plane Crash - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Zoneboy · 09-20-2008, 09:03 AM

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DJ AM and Travis Barker were critically injured in a plane crash Friday night (September 19) in Columbia, South Carolina. They had just performed at a free T-Mobile-sponsored show in the Five Points area, along with Perry Farrell and headliner Gavin DeGraw. Farrell's manager, Peter Katsis, confirmed that Farrell was not on the plane.

According to Lynne Douglas, public information officer for the Columbia Metro Airport, the crash took place just before midnight on Friday and involved a private Learjet with six passengers onboard. While taking off, the plane, which never left the ground, began sending up sparks, skidded off the end of the runway through a fence separating the airfield from a nearby roadway. It then crossed the roadway and ended up in an embankment, catching fire on impact. Douglas said two passengers — who were later confirmed to be AM and Barker — escaped the aircraft while it was on the ground, while the other two passengers and crew members died in the crash.

Beth Frits, a spokesperson for the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, Georgia, confirmed that AM (born Adam Goldstein) and Barker were transported to a hospital in Columbia, following the crash. They were then transferred — AM by helicopter and Barker by ambulance — to the Still Center soon after.

Lexington County Deputy Coroner Brian Setree confirmed for MTV News on Saturday morning that three men and a woman were killed in the crash and that AM and Barker were transported to the Augusta Burn Center in Augusta, Georgia. Autopsies were under way at press time and Setree said he could not yet release the names of the deceased or the causes of death.

Former Blink-182 drummer Barker, 32, and DJ AM, 35, were the house band for the 2008 VMAs.

Brian Damage · 09-20-2008, 09:05 AM

Oh wow, I pray for his condition to improve!

eltonfan80 · 09-20-2008, 09:30 AM

i really hope he is okay

Wreckless · 09-21-2008, 07:54 AM

Hope Travis is ok.

80sTrivia · 09-21-2008, 08:00 AM

Oh, no! I hope they both make a full and complete recovery quickly!

MonarC · 09-26-2008, 02:13 PM

Any news on the two guys condition?

09-20-2008, 09:03 AM	#1
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09-20-2008, 09:05 AM	#2
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09-20-2008, 09:30 AM	#3
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09-21-2008, 08:00 AM	#5
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09-26-2008, 02:13 PM	#6
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