Weezer has a bus wreck

[JayFarrar]

Today at 7:18 AM EST, about 40 miles West of Albany on I-90, the Weezer tour bus carrying Rivers and his family and assistants lost control as it hit a patch of black ice.

The damage was severe, and everyone on the bus was either terrified or injured or both. The bus contained Rivers, his wife and daughter, their nanny, and Rivers' assistant Sarah. Rivers' wife was uninjured, but Sarah sustained two fractured ribs and a fractured lower vertebrae. The baby daughter was in her crib unit and was fine, as was the nanny who was sleeping near the floor in her bunk at the time. Rivers has cracked three ribs and sustained some mostly minor but very painful internal damage, as well as hurting his lower leg somehow.
Finally, using the jaws of life to remove a rear window bar, the local EMTs and firefighters got a ladder across the ravine to the rear bus window, where they could get to Rivers, eventually getting him and Sarah out on stretchers and into an ambulance. Meanwhile they dug frantically in the mud at the front of the bus, clearing the front door so everyone else could come out.
We are sorry to say that the rest of the December Raditude Tour has been cancelled - when we can reschedule the dates we will, of course.

More photos here
http://www.weezer.com/blog/default.aspx?nid=23946&cmnt=1&pg=1

 

[Oggiedoggie]

I hope that the Snuggies absorbed most of the impact.

 

[Trey Beamon]

Say It Ain't So A-Whoa-Whoa.

(Glad to see that everyone should be fine)

 

[cranberry]

I was hoping it was something more along the lines of Tiger's "car accident."

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

Memories of Cliff Burton come flooding back when I read stuff like this.

 

[JayFarrar]

I resisted the urge, trust me, I resisted the urge.
Rivers, his wife and nanny all in the same vehicle and it crashes.
That's material that writes itself.

 

[Shoeless Joe]

At least he really wasn't Buddy Holly and had a plane crash instead!

 

[Mizzougrad96]

At least he really wasn't Buddy Holly and had a plane crash instead!

I was thinking the exact same thing when I read the headline. I'm glad everybody is OK.

 

[imjustagirl]

Rivers is married?

Crap.

(glad everyone's OK, especially the baby.)

 

[dooley_womack1]

No politics!




Oh, Rivers Cuomo. Never mind.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

If the bus is a rockin', don't come a knockin'! (Unless you have the Jaws of Life.)

 

[EmbassyRow]

Another reason I won't use the Thruway for 2009 holiday travel.

 

[zeke12]

Did it destroy his sweater?

 

[mustangj17]

Did it destroy his sweater?

No there is only one way to do that.

 

[mustangj17]

Also, he should have taken his board to work.... not the bus.

 

[jlee]

Also, he should have taken his board to work.... not the bus.

Yeah, the bus belongs in the garage.

 

[93Devil]

So everyone is OK, right?

Ok, I heard there were some homeboys dissing his girl, and they just felt the need to front.

One of them said his name was Jonas.

 

[imjustagirl]

So, will they also be covering Miami Sound Machine songs in concert now?

THAT is awesome. I'm probably going to hell for it, but christ that's good.

 

[Suicide Squeezer]

Rivers and the family fared better than Mykel and Carli did in their bus accident.

 

[Trey Beamon]

Rivers and the family fared better than Mykel and Carli did in their bus accident.

That's cold (but I still laughed).