Travis Barker & DJ AM Critically Injured in Plane Crash

Travis and DJ AM, real name Adam Goldstein, were in the area playing a free concert. Their jet crashed upon takeoff at 11:53pm Friday night.

Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said the twin-engine private jet was cleared for takeoff on a flight to Van Nuys, California, and began its takeoff roll a few minutes before midnight.

Air traffic controllers “saw sparks coming from the runway — whether that was from the aircraft or its engines, we don’t know,” Bergen said Saturday.

“They overran the end of runway 11. They impacted the antenna array and a number of lights at the end of the runway. They went through the perimeter fence and across the roadway here,” NTSB spokeswoman Debbie Hersman said Saturday. “There was a significant post-crash fire.”

William Owens told WIS-TV he was driving down Highway 302 when he said he saw a fireball go across the road.

“I didn’t know what I had seen; it was maybe 800 feet in front of me, but as I approached it closer, though, I made out a fire. By then I was able to see the tail of the jet, and I recognized it as a jet,” Owens said.

“It’s in flames, and the fuel is running across the road, and I had to cross the fuel to get to the two guys that seemed to have been dumped on the highway,” Owens said.

Owens said the two men were running around and pulling off clothing to put out the flames. He said he asked them whether anyone else was on board the plane, and they said four people were with them.

“We turned to the jet to try and see if there was anything we could do, but immediately, there was nothing anyone could do,” Owens said.

According to TMZ, Travis suffered burns from the waist down, but is expected to recover. DJ AM is currently being treated for severe burns on his face.

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