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Tracy Morgan -

Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan was critically injured in 2014, when the Mercedes Sprinter bus he was traveling in got caught up in a multi-vehicle crash.

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Morgan survived the incident, but it unfortunately killed his friend James McNair. Fellow comedians Ardie Fuqua and Harris Stanton were also injured.

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Metallica -

In September 1986, the heavy metal band Metallica were on tour in Sweden when their bus driver lost control and the vehicle came off the road.

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The band's bassist, Cliff Burton, was tragically killed. He was thrown from his bunk and then crushed by the bus. The other band members survived without serious injuries.

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Bret Michaels -

Poison front man Bret Michaels was involved in a five car pile-up after a car went into his tour bus in 2009. He was traveling from a Toronto gig at the time.

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Michaels was not injured in the incident, although he would sustain minor injuries when his tour bus hit some deer on the road just three years later.

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Gloria Estefan -

Gloria Estefan suffered a fractured spine when her tour bus was hit by a truck near Scranton, Pennsylvania, in March 1990. She thankfully survived the crash.

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Estefan's husband, Emilio, and their nine year old son, Nayib, were also on the bus at the time, but they managed to walk away with no serious injuries.

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Weezer -

Weezer were traveling from Toronto to Boston in 2009 when a bus carrying front man Rivers Cuomo and his family crashed on a New York state highway.

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Everyone survived the crash, although Cuomo suffered three cracked ribs and minor internal injuries. His assistant on board also suffered fractured ribs and vertebrae.

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Miranda Cosgrove -

Actress and singer Miranda Cosgrove was shaken up but ultimately unscathed after her tour bus hit a truck in August 2011. She was traveling with several others at the time.

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The crash happened while they were traveling in the middle of the night, and the driver had to be airlifted to hospital because he sustained serious injuries.

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Miley Cyrus -

In November 2009, a tour bus belonging to then-child star Miley Cyrus overturned in Virginia, killing the driver and injuring nine passengers.

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Cyrus was not on board the vehicle, which apparently skidded for several hundred feet before landing in a ditch on the side of the highway.

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Miley Cyrus (again) -

There was further tour bus drama involving Miley Cyrus in 2014, when her Bangerz tour bus caught on fire. It was carrying her mother and sister at the time.

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Miley's younger sister confirmed via tweet at the time that no one was hurt: "Yes, everyone got out safe no one is injured what so ever!! everything is okay!!"

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Willie Nelson Band -

In November 2013, a tour bus that was carrying Willie Nelson's band crashed into a bridge pillar just outside Sulphur Springs, Texas.

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Three passengers were taken to hospital with broken bones, although the singer himself was not on board the bus at the time.

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Snoop Dogg -

In an event that can be described not so much as a crash but definitely still tour bus drama, Snoop Dogg's tour bus was busted for marijuana in 2012.

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A sniffer dog had caught wind of the illicit substances on board, and when Snoop admitted it was his he was arrested.

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Justin Bieber -

A similar thing happened to Justin Bieber in 2013, when police smelled something suspicious coming from his tour bus. They raided it and found marijuana.

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No one was actually arrested; Bieber was inside a concert arena at the time of the bust. That didn't stop it from making headlines, however.

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ZZ Top -

Now for some animal-related drama! Famed band ZZ Top found themselves in hot water on two occasions when their tour buffalo escaped. Yes, you read that right!

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The band used to travel with wild animals, and (unsurprisingly) they were known to escape. The buffalo once destroyed some nearby limos.

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Marcus Miller -

In 2012, the tour bus of Grammy-winning jazz musician Marcus Miller crashed near Schattdorf, Switzerland.

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Very sadly, the driver was killed, whereas Miller and the members of his band suffered minor injuries but survived.

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Baroness -

The heavy metal band Baroness were doing a tour of England in 2012 when their tour bus came off an embankment and crashed into the ground below.

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The band's front man, John Baizley, broke his arm and his leg, and two other bandmates suffered fractured vertebrae.

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Emilio Navaira -

Tejano musician Emilio Navaira was kept in a medically induced coma as a result of injuries he sustained in a tour bus crash in Houston in March 2008.

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The bus had crashed into some barrels and according to police Navaira had been driving at the time, despite being under the influence and not a licensed bus driver.

Sources: (Global News) (Wonderwall) (The Guardian)

See also: Famous air crash memorials and monuments

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