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DJ, Ex-Blink-182 Drummer Survive Crash

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Los Angeles Times

Published: September 21, 2008

Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and Adam Goldstein, known as celebrity DJ AM, were injured critically in a fiery Learjet crash in South Carolina that killed four other people, including Barker's bodyguard and his personal assistant.

Pilot Sarah Lemmon of Anaheim Hills, Calif., and co-pilot James Bland of Carlsbad, Calif., also were killed, the Lexington County coroner said.

The Learjet was taking off shortly before midnight Friday with six people aboard, when air traffic controllers saw sparks. The plane veered off the end of the runway, rolled through a fence and crashed on a nearby road, said Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen.

Barker and Goldstein were in critical condition at a burn center in Augusta, Ga., about 75 miles southwest of Columbia, hospital spokeswoman Beth Frits said.

Chris Baker, 29, of Studio City, Calif., and Charles Still, 25, of Los Angeles - both members of Barker's entourage - were killed.

According to music industry sources, Charles "Shea" Still was a longtime friend of Barker's and would sometimes work as a bodyguard when the star drummer performed in small shows. Barker and Goldstein had performed together under the name TRVSDJ-AM at a free concert near the University of South Carolina in Columbia on Friday night.

Baker, nicknamed "Little Chris," worked as a personal assistant to Barker and had appeared sometimes on the MTV show "Meet the Barkers." The reality show aired in 2005 and 2006 and stared Barker and then-wife Shanna Moakler, a former Miss USA.

After Blink-182 broke up, Barker went on to play with other rock bands such as the Transplants and Box Car Racer. He also worked with Busta Rhymes, the Game, the Black Eyed Peas and Three 6 Mafia.

Barker performed at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards with Goldstein, who goes by the stage moniker DJ AM. Goldstein was formerly in the band "Crazy Town" but might be known best for his romances - he was engaged for a time to "The Simple Life" star Nicole Richie and also had relationships with singer Mandy Moore and Canadian model Jessica Stam.

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