Three members of black metallers WORMREICH have been killed in a crash while on tour, according to 11alive.com.The report states:

JACKSON COUNTY, Ga. — Three members of a heavy metal band were killed in a crash on I-85 Monday morning.

The band, Wormreich, was on the way from a Sunday show in Spartanburg, S.C., to play in Atlanta. A Monday night show was scheduled in East Atlanta Village at The Basement under The Graveyard Tavern.

Corporal Scott Smith with the Georgia State Patrol said the band’s van was carrying 12 people and towing a trailer when it left I-85, rolled down an embankment, and crashed into a tree. It happened in Jackson County near Tanger Outlets.

Three men were ejected and died at the scene. Eight others were transported to nearby hospitals. Two remain in critical condition. Smith said band members are from Georgia, Tennessee, Ohio, and Virginia.

The Georgia State Patrol is still investigating what caused the van to leave the roadway. Smith said charges are pending, but it’s too early to say exactly what those charges will be; he said an investigation could last months.

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