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Travis Barker and Adam Goldstein were critically injured in a jet crash in South Carolina Friday night that killed the 2 pilots and 2 other passengers. The jet was headed to Van Nuys, California, after performing at a free concert in Columbia. Travis and Adam were taken to a burn center in Augusta, Georgia, where they were both listed in critical condition. The 4 that were killed in the crash have been identified as the pilot, Sarah Lemmon of Anaheim Hills, California. co-pilot James Bland of Carlsbad, California. Security guard Charles Still of Los Angeles California, and Travis Barker’s assistant Chris Baker also of Los Angeles.
Our condolences go out to all of their friends and families.
The medical director of the burn hospital, Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, Georgia, where former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and DJ AM are being treated says both men are expected to make full recoveries. Dr. Fred Mullins said Sunday morning that both men are being treated for second- and third-degree burns at a Georgia hospital. Mullins says recovery from such burns can take as long as a year but notes the men had no other injuries. Mullins says Barker was burned on his torso and DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, was burned on his hands and part of his head. The doctor says both men are still in critical but stable condition.
Officials said as the plane was departing air traffic controllers reported seeing sparks. The plane hurtled off the end of a runway and came to rest a quarter-mile away on an embankment across a 5 lane highway, engulfed in flames.
Barker and Goldstein had performed together under the name TRVSDJ-AM at a free concert in Columbia on Friday night. The show, which included performances by former Jane’s Addiction singer Perry Farrell and singer Gavin DeGraw, drew about 10,000 people to a neighborhood near the University of South Carolina.
Travis Barker, 32, was one of the more colorful members of the multiplatinum selling punk rock band Blink 182, whose biggest album was 1999’s CD “Enema of the State” and sold more than 5 million copies in the United States alone.
After Blink-182 disbanded in 2005, Barker went on to form the rock band plus forty-four or plus 44. He also starred in the MTV reality series Meet the Barkers with his then wife, former Miss USA Shanna Moakler. The show documented the former couple’s lavish wedding and home life. Their later split, reconciliation and subsequent breakup made them tabloid favorites.
Adam Goldstein, 35, is a popular DJ for hire who at one time was engaged to Nicole Richie and dated singer actress Mandy Moore. While he became a gossip favorite for his romances, he draws respect from music aficionados for his DJ skills.
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