Band Hurt In Tour Bus Crash Cancels Denver Show
AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)- Several members of a band were among the dozen people injured in a crash involving tour buses for two different bands and two trucks on a foggy stretch of Interstate 70 east of Denver on Friday.
The musician Twin Shadow and his crew continued to recover Saturday after their tour bus smashed into a semi at I-70 and E-470. The band canceled their show at the Bluebird Theater where they were supposed to perform on Friday night.
A bus carrying crew members for the Brooklyn-based performer Twin Shadow rear-ended a semi-trailer stopped on the highway, seriously injuring 41-year-old bus driver John Crawford, the Colorado State Patrol said. Eleven other people on that bus suffered minor to moderate injuries.
Other truck drivers on the highway said they couldn't see why the bus driver couldn't stop.
"He was all smashed out and he couldn't stop. I don't know if the driver was out of control or what," said witness Anthony Walker.
The Twin Shadow bus then hit another truck and a tour bus carrying crew members of the country band Thompson Square. No one in those vehicles was injured.
Both bands were headed to Denver for shows Friday night, but they were not traveling together.
Thompson Square issued a statement saying their thoughts and prayers were with those who were injured.
Twin Shadow has a show scheduled for Tuesday in Utah.