Travis Barker DJ AM 

Travis Barker and DJ AM were involved in a serious plane crash in South Carolina just before midnight on Friday night.  Barker and AM were traveling in a Learjet taking off from South Carolina’s Columbia Metropolitan Aiport.  They were headed for Van Nuys, California when the plane started sparking, went off the runway, and crashed on a nearby road.  The plane was carrying six people.  Four people died in the crash and two were seriously injured.  Barker and AM were luckily alive but severily injured.  Barker was transported by ground to a burn facility in Augusta, Georgia, while DJ AM was airlifted.

Among the deceased where the pilot, Sarah Lemmon, 31, of Anaheim Hills, CA, co-pilot, James Bland, 52, of Carlsbad, CA, Charles Still, 25 of Los Angeles, CA, and Chris Baker, of Studio City, CA.  Chris was apparently Travis Barker’s assistant. 

Barker and AM had been in Columbia, South Carolina Friday evening for a T-Mobile sponsored concert at Five Points. 

Barker and AM are expected to make a full recovery.  They both suffered from second and third degree burns.  Barker was burned on his torso, while DJ AM was burned on his hands and part of his head.  It may take up to a whole year for them to recover, but they are doing well so far. 

A friend of DJ AM has told E! News that his face was burned very badly.  According to his friend, ”More than 50 percent of his body is burned and the worst is on his face.” He has been put in a doctor-induced coma so he can undergo skin grafts.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends who lost someone in this crash.  Our thoughts and prayers will continue to stay with Travis Barker and DJ AM until they make a full recovery.

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