Guns N' Roses Guitarist Survives Scary Car Crash, Tweets "I'm Not Dead Yet"
June 3 2011, Published 2:19 p.m. ET
It hasn't exactly been an easy week with accidents but on the heels of Sean Kingston's jet ski accident there's emerging news that another name from the music industry also dealt with a crash. Guns N' Roses guitarist, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, was in a serious car crash on Tuesday but luckily he pretty much walked away unscatched and managed to tweet about it in real time!
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According to PopEater, the guitarist tweeted, "SUV just plowed into me full speed. Car is totalled, 2 other cars she smashed me into. Well enough to tweet, means I'm not dead yet."
In case you're wondering, he was indeed wearing a seat belt and followed up with this tweet and a picture of his car wreck: "Thank you @Toyota for the functional seat belt, air bags & crumple zone, you saved my skull....https://twitpic.com/55fb9x"
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With a thriving sense of humor, Bumblefoot tweeted yesterday, "Medical checkup this morning, don't seem to have any major issues other than a hairy back and a funny voice..." And then he attached a YouTube video of Metallica's hit song, "Whiplash."