With "People Are Crazy" enjoying a second week on top of Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart and a successful album (read review), things seemed to be going pretty well for Billy Currington. Unfortunately for him and his band, a rather joyful event, Alberta Canada's "Big Valley Jamboree" turned ugly while Billy and Co. were performing Saturday, August 1st.
Currington was taken to the hospital and suffered a minor concussion but is expected to make a full recovery. He has been released from the hospital and has returned to his home in Nashville. Currington's bass player Alex Stevens was pinned under the wreckage of the stage for half an hour while rescue personnel removed debris to free him. Stevens underwent immediate surgery to repair a severed artery and nerves in his left arm and is currently receiving treatment in Nashville.
Currington sent a message to his fans today via Twitter, "The boys and I are very grateful to be home and for life itself. We thank you for your prayers and concern and will see you on the road again soon."
15 people were injured while one woman, Donna Moore of Lloydmaster, Alberta was identified as the deceased by The Edmonton Journal. 75 people were reported as needing assistance. Out of respect for the deceased The Big Valley Jamboree cancelled the events for Sunday, August 2nd.
Currington also comments from his home in Nashville, "my heart goes out to the family of Donna Moore who was killed and all of the other fans who were hurt on Saturday."
Billy Hit to his Twitter Page (click here) to assure fans that he and his band are fine and thanked them for their prayers. Check out the pictures below to see his band and then the injuries Billy sustained.
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