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Soul band Drifters in car crash | Soul band Drifters in car crash |
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Soul band The Drifters have been involved in a serious car crash on the M1 in South Yorkshire. | Soul band The Drifters have been involved in a serious car crash on the M1 in South Yorkshire. |
The accident happened near Rotherham in the early hours of Monday when the band's car hit another vehicle that had crashed after swerving to avoid a deer. | The accident happened near Rotherham in the early hours of Monday when the band's car hit another vehicle that had crashed after swerving to avoid a deer. |
Patrick Alan, who joined the band in 1990, suffered head injuries and is being treated at Rotherham hospital. | |
The other three band members - Peter Lamarr, Victor Bynoe and Rohan Turney - escaped with less serious injuries. | |
Turney and Lamarr also joined the band in the early 1990s, while Bynoe joined five years ago. | |
It is quite astonishing that we were not dealing with a fatal collision given the nature of the incident Pc John ScrubySouth Yorkshire Police | |
The group has undergone multiple line-up changes since forming in 1953. Ben E King was in the group in the late-1950s and again in the mid-1980s. | |
They enjoyed a string of hits in the 1960s and '70s including Under the Boardwalk and Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies. | |
Speaking from his hospital bed on Monday, Patrick Alan said: "I woke up and there was a car stalled in the fast lane and then the airbag exploded. | |
"That's when I got knocked out. The next thing I knew the ambulance was there. | |
"I have a slight concussion but I'll be all right. I need to be on stage on Thursday." | |
Lamarr, Bynoe and Turney were released after treatment and have continued their journey to London following a performance at Newcastle's Tyne Theatre on Sunday night. | Lamarr, Bynoe and Turney were released after treatment and have continued their journey to London following a performance at Newcastle's Tyne Theatre on Sunday night. |
Their driver suffered cuts to his hand and was treated for a chest injury. | Their driver suffered cuts to his hand and was treated for a chest injury. |
Extensive damage | Extensive damage |
The other driver, a 21-year-old man from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, suffered airbag injuries and whiplash. | The other driver, a 21-year-old man from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, suffered airbag injuries and whiplash. |
However, he got out of his vehicle to the safety of the hard shoulder before the band's Chrysler Voyager people carrier smashed into his stationary Skoda at about 70mph. | However, he got out of his vehicle to the safety of the hard shoulder before the band's Chrysler Voyager people carrier smashed into his stationary Skoda at about 70mph. |
Both vehicles were extensively damaged, South Yorkshire Police said. | Both vehicles were extensively damaged, South Yorkshire Police said. |
Pc John Scruby of the Road Policing Group attended at the scene of the collision, said " It is quite astonishing that we were not dealing with a fatal collision given the nature of the incident." | Pc John Scruby of the Road Policing Group attended at the scene of the collision, said " It is quite astonishing that we were not dealing with a fatal collision given the nature of the incident." |
Despite the crash, the band's manager Phil Luderman told the BBC they were planning to continue their UK tour, with their next scheduled performance in Northampton on Thursday. |
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