All four members of Alien Ant Farm were injured in an accident that claimed the life of their bus driver early Wednesday (5-22) morning in Spain. 

The band was traveling in their tour bus from Luxembourg to Lisbon when at approximately 2:20 a.m. local time their bus hit a parked truck on the highway just outside of Madrid. According to the band’s spokesperson the band and most of the crew were asleep at the time of impact. The bus driver was killed in the accident and guitarist Terry Corso suffered a broken ankle, bassist Tye Zamora sustained an injury to his foot and drummer Mike Cosgrove walked away with some cuts and bruises. Vocalist Dryden Mitchell is reported to be in a hospital being treated for injures his back and/or neck. 

The band’s official website also reports, “AAF's tour manager, Gary Roberts from Liverpool, reportedly sustained a broken ankle, drum tech Eric Hackett from Detroit has a broken foot, bass tech Daniel Wates from Southern California has a broken foot, guitar tech Jeff Thoreen from Southern California has cuts and bruises and merchandise coordinator Ron Vickers from Southern California has back injuries. David Zajic, AAF's security head from the Czechoslovakian Republic, suffered undetermined but critical injuries. “

"We send our condolences and prayers to the family of the driver, and our prayers are with David in hopes that he has a full recovery," said manager John Boyle of Borman/Moir/Boyle Entertainment. "We're obviously very fortunate and thankful the band and crew survived the accident."

Needless to say, the remaining dates on the group’s European tour have been cancelled, as well as a planned appearance this weekend in Washington D.C. 
 

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