LEBANON, TN. (THECOUNT) — Michael A. Kennedy, George Strait’s longtime drummer, was killed in a car crash on Interstate 40 in Lebanon on Friday.
Kennedy, 59, performed with Strait’s Ace in the Hole Band for nearly 30 years.
The Baxter resident was driving westbound in a 1999 GMC near mile-marker 238 in Wilson County when the crash occurred just before 4 p.m., according to Tennessee Highway Patrol officials.
His GMC hit a tractor-trailer as it merged into another lane, according to THP’s preliminary crash report. The tractor-trailer then hit a Chevrolet Silverado. source
A crash report noted that the victim was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the wreck.
No one else was injured in the crash.
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