Drummer, DJ in plane crash

2008-09-20 16:30

Washington - Former Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker and Hollywood music spinner DJ AM were critically injured in a South Carolina plane crash that left four others dead, CNN reported on Saturday.

A hospital spokesperson, Beth Frits, told the network that Barker and DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, were at a burn centre in Augusta, Georgia.

Local WLTX television reported that the plane was a Learjet, a small private aircraft, and was headed for Van Nuys, California.

Two survivors of six aboard the plane were in town for a concert, the station reported.

Barker's marriage to former Miss USA, Shanna Moakler, was the focus of MTV's Meet the Barkers reality show (2005-2006). And after filing for divorce in 2006 his brief relationship with socialite-reality TV star Paris Hilton was tabloid fodder.

DJ AM was formerly engaged to Nicole Ritchie, who was Hilton's reality TV sidekick in The Simple Life.

- AFP