Jesus fucking Christ, this is terrible
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/entertainment/news-article.aspx?storyid=93890
OLMSTED TOWNSHIP -- Two people with the Australian band Electric Jellyfish are dead after a crash on the Ohio Turnpike Thursday morning. Three others were rushed to area hospitals.
The crash happened in Olmsted Township just east of State Route 10, just as the SUV crossed into Cuyahoga County from Lorain.
The Highway Patrol says the van was traveling in the east bound lanes when somehow the driver lost control.
The state highway patrol believes three of the occupants are from Australia.
Troopers say they have passports from there and which indicate the occupants arrived in the United States from Australia in September.
The five appeared to be part of band called the ''Electric Jellyfish''.
According to MySpace, the group had a show in Detroit Wednesday night, and was scheduled to play in New York City Friday night.
Their instruments and musical gear had to be picked up off the highway following the accident. Troopers say both of the deceased were wearing their seatbelts.
No identities have been released. The condition of the other injured victims are not yet known.
another report:
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2007/10/twodieincrashofsuvcarryi.html
Olmsted Township -- Two members of an obscure Australian rock band died Thursday morning on the Ohio Turnpike after their vehicle crashed trying to avoid a deer.
An Electric Jellyfish musician, 23, and his 26-year-old wife from California died at the scene, said Lt. John Maxse, head of the State Highway Patrol's Milan post.
The woman, who worked as the band's photographer, was driving and her husband was sitting directly behind her. Both were wearing seat belts, Maxse said.
Three other band members were taken to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland and were not seriously injured, he said. Music equipment, including an amplifier and at least one guitar, were scatted along the road.
The 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe was eastbound about 5:40 a.m. when it struck a guardrail. The vehicle, he said, went across the highway and overturned off the left side of the roadway and struck a concrete barrier.
The group had been in the United States for less than a month and had upcoming shows in Boston, Atlanta and North Carolina.
The band played psychedelic music and was traveling from Detroit to Brooklyn, N.Y. to perform Friday night, according to the group's MySpace page.
Brendan Walsh hired the band to perform last week at O'Leaver's Pub in Omaha, Neb. He said the group performed for about 40 minutes and put on a good show.
WTF
OH my fucking god, no!
This is insane.
Another news report
I feel ill at the thought of family in Australia finding out through this website.
they ran it on the 7.00am news on Sunrise according to my wife, Mr M
I feel ill full stop. :(
fuck
oh fuck no.
fuck
that is fucking terrible
this is so fucking sad.
it's awful news....
really sad to hear.
I have to leave for the day.
So.
My most sincere condolences to those that know.
Gorn?
my deepest sympathies to all concerned. I know exactly how this feels.....
from the reports it appears Gorn is one of the ones in hospital
from what i can gather meatloaf, he's in hospital.
Jesus fuck.
Not that I know any of these people but this is sad news.
this is fucked.. I can barely see from tears in my eyes. does anyone know who it was... which one of the guys was married?
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Gorn's had his surgery and is doing okay, the morphine is helping.
thanks kuro. can you send a hello next time you chat to him.
Will do.
well there's a ray of positive news in this dark time. hope there's more for the guys.
if anyone has any details on how to contact hayden's family, can they please message me. it is rather important.
thanks!
i missed that svelts. did you get an answer?
This is an absolute tragedy, I don't really know what to say except that our thoughts have been with you all since first hearing about it 11 days and our hearts go out to all those involved :(
yep, all sorted thanks tgwcd.
does anyone have any updates? know when the boys will be coming home?
pat emailed us but didn't have an exact date at the time.
Pat and I got back yesterday. I'm in Ballarat til probably around Wednesday, and I guess Pat will be in Ecucha til around then and then we'll head to Melbs. Going to be awesome to see people. Mike will be back in a week or two as he has to have some more checkups before he leaves.
Welcome back Gorn.
Indeed, look forward to saying hello soon :]
welcome home fellas.
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back.
dude.. welcome back.. hope you're feeling ok, all things considered.
a note for close friends of the fellas:
the families are holding a memorial this sunday at NSC for the family and friends of those lost and to show our love to those who made it home.
come along and show support and give some care to the fellas if you are free.
please spread the word to anyone you know that this relates to.
2 - 4 @ NSC.
.
Will head down.
Will the Gorn be present? Subspace scanners revealed it may be back in Medical due to post-surgery infection.
Top speech on Fri nite, Pat. That's how I remembered Hayden.
''Talkin'. Walkin' away. Walkin'.'' - The first EJ song I heard at La Trobe band comp. I thought it was a winner but at nearly every gig I would ask the gents to play it & they, H in particular, would laugh in protest.
Anyways...