Doc: Rockers Will Recover From Crash

By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Sep 21, 2008 10:07 AM CDT
Doc: Rockers Will Recover From Crash
The wreckage of a Learjet that was carrying former Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker, Adam Goldstein, and four others rests on an embankment Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008, in Columbia, S.C.    (Brett Flashnick)

Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity disc jockey DJ AM are expected to fully recover from burns they suffered in a fiery South Carolina jet crash that killed the other four people aboard, their doctor said today. The two suffered second- and third-degree burns but had no other injuries from the crash that one witness described as a fireball shooting across a highway.

The doctor said Barker was burned on his torso and lower body and DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, was burned on his hands and part of his head. The doctor declined to discuss specific recovery times for the musicians, but said such injuries can take a year to fully heal. (More plane crash stories.)

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