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Travis Barker, DJ AM Critically Injured in Plane Crash

  • Posted on Sep 20th 2008 12:29PM by Jessica Robertson
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Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and DJ AM were critically injured Friday night when a plane crashed while departing from a Columbia, South Carolina airport. Four people on board were killed.

NBC News reported that Barker was being treated at a burn center in Augusta, Georgia. DJ AM (real name Adam Goldstein) was also taken to the hospital in critical condition.

According to CNN, a witness saw two men ejected from the plane on impact and they were on fire, but patting each other to put out the flames.

Both the pilot and co-pilot were killed, ABC News reported. Two other victims have no yet been named. According to MTV, Barker's assistant, Chris "Little Chris" Baker, 29, was killed.

Barker and DJ AM played a free show in Columbia Friday night, along with Perry Farrell and Gavin DeGraw. Farrell's manager confirmed with MTV that Farrell was not on the plane, which was set to take off after the concert. An airport official told CNN that the Learjet didn't take off, but crashed through a fence, crossed a road and came to a stop.


Travis Barker & DJ AM

    In this Friday, Sept. 19, 2008 picture, Travis Barker performs during the T-Mobile Boulevard block party in Columbia, S.C. Barker and popular disc jockey DJ AM, also known as Adam Goldstein, were critically injured in a Learjet crash late Friday in Columbia that killed four people. (AP Photo/Sidney Moorer)

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    In this Friday, Sept. 19, 2008 picture, Travis Barker performs during the T-Mobile Boulevard block party in Columbia, S.C. Barker and popular disc jockey DJ AM, also known as Adam Goldstein, were critically injured in a Learjet crash late Friday in Columbia that killed four people. (AP Photo/Sidney Moorer)

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    In this Friday, Sept. 19, 2008 picture, Adam Goldstein, also known as DJ-AM, performs during the T-Mobile Boulevard block party in Columbia, S.C. Goldstein and former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker were critically injured in a Learjet crash late Saturday in Columbia that killed four people. (AP Photo/Sidney Moorer)

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    In this Friday, Sept. 19, 2008 picture, Travis Barker performs during the T-Mobile Boulevard block party in Columbia, S.C. Barker and popular disc jockey DJ AM, also known as Adam Goldstein, were critically injured in a Learjet crash late Friday in Columbia that killed four people. (AP Photo/Sidney Moorer)

    AP

    In this Friday, Sept. 19, 2008 picture, Travis Barker performs during the T-Mobile Boulevard block party in Columbia, S.C. Barker and popular disc jockey DJ AM, also known as Adam Goldstein, were critically injured in a Learjet crash late Friday in Columbia that killed four people. (AP Photo/Sidney Moorer)

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    DJ AM (L) and musician Travis Barker arrive at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles in this file photo from September 7, 2008. According to reports Barker and DJ AM are in critical condition after the plane they were passengers in crashed in which 4 other passengers died in Columbia, South Carolina on September 19, 2008.REUTERS/Phil McCarten/Files (UNITED STATES)

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    DJ AM (L) and musician Travis Barker pose backstage at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles in this file photo from September 7, 2008. According to reports Barker and DJ AM are in critical condition after the plane they were passengers in crashed in which 4 other passengers died in Columbia, South Carolina on September 19, 2008.REUTERS/Phil McCarten/Files (UNITED STATES)

    Reuters

    Officials walk away on Saturday Sept. 20, 2008. from the scene of a Learjet crash that killed four people in West Columbia, S.C. Hours after performing for thousands of South Carolina college students, former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity DJ AM were critically injured in a fiery Learjet crash that killed four people, authorities said Saturday. (AP Photo/Paul Brown, Pool)

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    A makeshift memorial sits next to the Five Points Fountain, in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008, where former Blink 182, drummer, Travis Barker, and Adam Goldstein, also known as DJ-AM, played the T-Mobile Boulevard, free concert, on Friday evening. Hours after performing for thousands of South Carolina college students, former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity DJ AM were critically injured in a fiery Learjet crash that killed four people, authorities said Saturday. (AP Photo/Brett Flashnick)

    AP

    A makeshift memorial sits next to the Five Points Fountain, in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008, where former Blink 182, drummer, Travis Barker, and Adam Goldstein, also know as DJ-AM, played the T-Mobile Boulevard, free concert, on Friday evening. Hours after performing for thousands of South Carolina college students, former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity DJ AM were critically injured in a fiery Learjet crash that killed four people, authorities said Saturday. (AP Photo/Brett Flashnick)

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Hey travis you are my faviort drummer of all times you have in spiered me to drum. i have been druming for 3 years now and i was wondering if you know what kind of drumming books i should look at to help me drum better.Im so glad that blink 182 is getting back together i hope i can see you guys in consert.And you guys know my cousion Rick Devo he is my fourth cousion

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