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DJ AM And Travis Barker Injured In Plane Crash
DJ AM And Travis Barker
Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and DJ AM were critically injured in a plane crash Friday night in Columbia, South Carolina. The plane’s four other passengers were killed.
Travis Barker and DJ AM had just performed along with Perry Farrell and headliner Gavin DeGraw at a free T-Mobile-sponsored show, drew 10,000 people into the streets of Five Points, the neighborhood near the University of South Carolina. The plane was a Learjet 60, carrying six people, including Travis Barker and DJ AM and was headed for Van Nuys, California, crashed during takeoff from a South Carolina airport at 11:53 p.m. Friday. Pilot Sarah Lemmon, co-pilot James Bland, Chris-Baker (Travis Barker’s assistant) and Charles Still (security guard) were killed. Travis Barker and DJ AM saved their own lives by jumping out of the door of the burning plane when the plane came to a halt. The two survivors, Travis Barker and DJ AM (Adam Goldstein) have been taken to the hospital. They are in critical condition with extensive burns at the Joseph Stills Burn Center in Augusta, Georgia.
We extend our thoughts and prayers to the victims and survivors and their families. We hope Travis Barker and DJ AM have a quick and complete recovery.
For more information about this tragic plane crash visit cnn.com
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