Country star Travis Tritt's tour bus fatally sideswiped in multi-vehicle crash

Last Modified: 9th Sep

Travis Tritt in April 2017 (Getty Images)

Country musician Travis Tritt was involved in a fatal car crash on 18 May 2019 in South Carolina. The crash, which involved two vehicles and a tour bus, resulted in two people dead and another one injured.

Tritt took to Twitter in a series of posts along with a photo of the wreckage to recount the accident and send his condolences to people who lost their lives,

Travis Tritt tweets crash picture (Twitter)

“We were just involved in a fatal accident with a driver going the wrong way on Veteran’s Highway as we were leaving Myrtle Beach. Thank God we are all okay. I feel so bad for those who died needlessly tonight. I’m really shaken up by what I witnessed. God bless those who died.”

Travis Tritt also took to Instagram to update on the accident,

“We were sideswiped in a fatal accident with a driver going the wrong way on Veteran’s Highway as we were leaving Myrtle Beach tonight. The Jeep driver hit a pickup truck head on right in front of us. 

Thank God we are all okay. I feel so bad for those who died needlessly tonight. I’m literally shaken by what I witnessed. God bless those who died and their families. Two human beings died tonight for no reason other than stupidity. I’m saddened beyond belief!”

The Horry County Fire and Rescue reported that two people died during a multi-vehicle crash, and a third person suffered minor injuries.

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Travis Tritt started singing very young after he saw his church's Sunday school choir perform. At the age of eight, he received his first guitar and taught himself to play. By the fourth grade, he began performing for his class...Full Bio

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