Tower of power were on their way to play at yoshis in oakland. Leslie brinkley has the latest. Reporter thats right, ama and dan. Tower of power had played ten out of the 12 shows they were scheduled to play at yoshis when this tragic accident occurred last night. Amtrak says the two musicians were not in a legitimate Railroad Crossing when this amtrak train came through and struck them at about 25 miles an hour. There are two train crossings by yoshis jazz club for pedestrians and for cars. Even a pedestrian bridge over the tracks. But two members of the tower of power band ran out of their hotel just before their 8 00 show was ready to start thursday night and apparently tried to jaywalk over the train tracks along with several others. A Freight Train passed. Then they ran out and were struck by another oncoming amtrak train. The drummer was rushed to Highland Hospital with face and head injuries according to a Facebook Post who also said a fillin bassist made it through surgery for
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