A person is dead after a chain of crashes on Interstate 26 that also involved Buckcherry's tour bus.
The iconic late 90s rock group, known for hits that defined an era, found their touring vehicle tangled up in a horrific series of collisions early Friday morning in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, as reported over the weekend. Every single band member and crew member walked away without a scratch, but the broader incident had a devastating outcome.
Here is what went down, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol. Around 2:00 AM, a solo vehicle crash occurred in the area. The male driver of that car got out and was standing on the roadway when a Toyota sedan heading east slammed into him. The pedestrian, whose name has not been made public, was declared dead right there at the scene. Law enforcement has not arrested the driver of the Toyota, and the cause of that collision is still being looked into.
Then came a third incident. A five-vehicle pileup occurred that swept up the Buckcherry tour bus. Some people involved in that particular crash suffered minor injuries, but nobody needed a trip to the hospital. Authorities are still investigating the cause of the bus-related wreck, and officials have not specified exactly how the tour bus made contact with surrounding vehicles.
So we have three separate incidents all unfolding on the same stretch of highway in the dead of night. A single-car wreck, a fatal pedestrian strike, and then a five-vehicle collision involving a rock band's tour bus. Absolute chaos on I-26.
Buckcherry released a statement expressing deep gratitude that their entire team came through unscathed. They also sent heartfelt condolences to the family of the person who perished in the collision that took place ahead of their bus. The band made clear they were devastated by the loss of life.
And what did the group do next? They kept on rolling. The band was in the middle of its Roar Like Thunder tour, promoting the album of the same name that dropped in June 2025. They had just wrapped a performance in North Carolina before the wreck happened. Their next gig in Fort Lauderdale, Florida went off as scheduled on Saturday night. The show, as they say, must go on.
Fans flooded social media with concern after the news broke, and the band thanked supporters for their kind words and well wishes. No additional statements from individual band members have surfaced beyond the original press release, and highway patrol troopers have not provided further updates as of the latest reports.
Three crashes, one fatality, and a touring rock band caught right in the middle of it all. The investigations into all three incidents remain open.
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