Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and Nicole Ritchie ex, DJ AM are in critical condition in the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, GA after the plane they were on crashed shortly after takeoff early this morning.
Barker and AM performed on Friday night along with Gavin DeGraw and Perry Ferrell and then hopped on the six-person plane leaving from Columbia, South Carolina shortly before midnight. (It is being reported that neither Gavin DeGraw or Perry Ferrell were on this flight.)
Barker was burned from the waist down and is expected to survive while AM received severe burns to the face and is currently being treated for his injuries.
The two men were lucky to survive the fiery plane crash and had to jump out of the plane door to safety.
Sadly, four people on the flight died including Barker’s assistant, Chris Baker. The 29-year-old had been featured on the reality show Meet the Barkers and leaves behind his new wife and baby.
The other three people were the pilot Sarah Lemmon, co-pilot James Bland and Charles Still.
“The plane crashed on takeoff and went through a fence near Highway 302, then crossed the road and went up an embankment before being filled with flames,” Lynne Douglas, spokesperson for the Columbia Metropolitan Airport, tells People Magazine. “There was debris all over the runway…..”
from: www.topsocialite.com
