... By Vehicle Traveling 100-Miles Per Hour!
The bus was departing this weekend after Mark's performancein Ft. Worth, TX; the band was heading back to Nashville, when the bus was rear-ended by a vehicle traveling 100 miles an hour.
The majority of Mark's band was aboard the bus (Kenny Thurman, Delaney Jackson, Cary Stone Lee Kelley, Steve Ledford, Bob Gulley, Don Bradley and driver Dave Simon). Fortunately no one was injured in the crash. The young driver's car, however, was totaled.
Two police cars arrived at the scene (with one of the squad cars being delayed by a flat tire.... kinda funny, huh?). Kenny Thurman (Mark's road manager) changed the tire for the officer while reports were taken. The young male driver reportedly had been drinking and was driving without a license.
"I'm really, really glad all the boys are alright. Thank God." Mark said. "...in as much as I was in the air, I'd still rather drive than fly! I love the bus!" Chesnutt was in route traveling to his home in Beaumont.