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Barenaked Ladies Singer Miraculously Survives Plane Crash

by Jarrett Martineau | August 25, 2008 at 07:41 am

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Barenaked Ladies singer Ed Robertson has survived a plane crash in rural Ontario. It is not known whether or not Robertson, who is an avid pilot, was flying the plane.

Barenaked Ladies frontman Ed Robertson and all three other passengers walked away from a small plane crash Sunday in rural Ontario, Canada.

Robertson is "really lucky" to have survived the wreck, deputy fire chief Brian Sears told the Intelligencer, a local paper. He added that the singer and three passengers escaped through a window and "didn't even have a scratch."

The incident happened around 12:30 p.m., when the Cessna 206 float-plane went down in some woods soon after take-off from Baptiste Lake, west of Ottawa.

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Marcel Pellerin

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According to the Intelligencer of Belleville, Ontario, Robertson was at the controls of a Cessna 206 when a gust of wind caused the plane to stall, forcing him to put down in a wooded area near the resort of Baptiste Lake.

"Everyone is fine and that is the important thing," Barenaked Ladies rep Adam Smith told the newspaper. "That's all the comment we have at this time."

Per local authorities, the Cessna was taking off from the lake when it lost air speed and went down. The plane's landing was cushioned by a grove of maple trees (oh, Canada!), and Robertson, 37, managed to safely guide the craft to a halt.

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at 08:22 on August 25th, 2008

Jarrett Martineau, I like this story. It's good stuff.

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at 09:22 on August 25th, 2008

Jarrett Martineau, I like this story. It's good stuff.

dekanerab

at 09:31 on August 25th, 2008

Poor BNL this year :(

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at 09:43 on August 25th, 2008

Jarrett Martineau, I like this story. It's good stuff.

Holly crap! He and his party were lucky.

dawnya73

at 19:15 on August 25th, 2008

what a hear for the Barenaked Ladies. I hope they lie low at least until after Ships & Dip V next February! Glad to hear Ed and the others were alright.