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Car Crash Disaster For Canadian Band
The band, Compromise, had just performed in Birmingham and was headed to Georgia when its van collided with another vehicle on Interstate 20 about 2 a.m. Thursday.
State troopers said the wreck killed the van’s driver, guitarist Jordan Wodehouse, 19, of Edmonton, Alberta; and guitar player Daniel Langlois, 20, of St. Albert, Alberta.
Bass player Braden Russell Sustrik, 19, of Sherwood Park, Alberta, and drummer Ryan Darrel Kittlitz, 20, of Edmonton, were hospitalized in stable condition. Singer Jesse Trevert Zaraska, 23, of Edmonton, was treated and released.
Two Heflin men were in a Nissan Pathfinder that collided with the van. Troopers said driver Ricky Earl Nolen, 27, was treated and released and Daniel Heath Waldrop, 28, was hospitalized in stable condition.
Trooper spokesman Brent Thomas said the Pathfinder rear-ended the band’s van. Both vehicles swerved into the median, where the van struck a tree, ejecting all five band members, Thomas said.
The crash was under investigation and no charges were filed.