Travis Barker & DJ AM's Plane Crashed Last Night
Travis Barker (Blink-182) and DJ AM (Adam Goldstein) were critically injured in a 
plane crash in South Carolina last night. Barker, Goldstein, and four other passengers were on the plane that departed just before midnight on Friday, September 19th.Air traffic control reported seeing sparks, then the plane went off the end of the runway and crashed through a fence, finally stopping on an embankment on the other side of a five-lane highway completely engulfed in flames.
Barker and Goldstein
were likely both thrown from the plane in the fiery crash--other sites are claiming they jumped from the plane to safe themselves--but each of them have suffered critical burns. Travis Barker was burned from the waste down and DJ AM was burned on his face and other parts of his body. They are currently being treated in the burn unit of a Georgia hospital.A witness to the crash, William Owens, said he was on the highway as a fireball came racing across the road just about 800 feet in front of his car. He didn't even know what he was seeing until he was finally able to make out the tail of a jet. He jumped out of his car to help, had to leap over flames on the road and saw Barker and Goldstein running and jumping around, throwing clothes off, trying to get the flames out. They told him there were others on the plane; but, unfortunately, the plane was so engrossed in flames there was nothing Owen's could do to help save the remaining 4 passengers.
Both the pilot ( Sarah Lemmon, 31) and co-pilot ( James Bland, 52) along with two other passengers (Chris Baker, 29 and Charles Still, 25) died in the crash. Chris is said to be Travis' assistant, and Charles, security. All, including the pilots, are from our local Southern California. We are very saddened to hear this news. Our thought and prayers are with their families.
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