Miranda Cosgrove Breaks Ankle, Ankles Tour After Scary Bus Crash
Thu., Aug. 11, 2011 10:57 AM PDT
Nickelodeon starlet
Miranda Cosgrove was injured in a bizarre early morning accident today when her tour bus crashed into a tractor-trailer while traveling through Illinois.
The extra bad news: The injury means she's indefinitely postponing her current concert tour.
The good news: Hers is only a minor injury and she's expected to make a full recovery. Here's the deal…
The accident took place earlier this morning just outside of Vandalia, Ill., when the 18-year-old's tour bus struck part of a tractor-trailer that had already overturned on the interstate and was blocking one of the lanes.
According to
local reports, two drivers had stopped to help the driver of the tractor-trailer, who was stuck in the overturned vehicle. It was while they were offering highway assistance that Miranda's bus cruised by and clipped the vehicle. All told, five or six people suffered injuries and two people were even helicoptered to a nearby hospital. Among those more seriously injured were the truck's driver, Phillip Carter, and bus driver Rodney McClure.
Of the people on Cosgrove's tour bus, at least three were taken to a hospital.
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"There were five passengers on the bus, and Miranda suffered a broken ankle," her rep said in a statement to E! News this morning.
There's no word on the extent of the other injuries sustained by bus passengers, though the prognosis is good.
"At this time, we are told everyone will be fine. Because of this, her tour is postponed until further notice. Miranda thanks everyone for their understanding and support."
The
iCarly star had just finished performing in Ohio last night and was en route to Kansas, where she was due to take the stage tomorrow.
Read more:
http://www.eonline.com/news/miranda_cosgrove_breaks_ankle_ankles/257515#ixzz1VFtIaC00
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By Ben Crandell August 16, 2011 09:54 AM
Still no official word on the Labor Day tour stop in Boca Raton by "iCarly" star Miranda Cosgrove, who broke her ankle last week in a tour bus accident. Her show in St. Augustine on Sept. 2, three days before Cosgrove's Mizner Park Amphitheatre concert, is off and the Internet is sprinkled with statements that the entire tour has been postponed. But local tour promoters are not so definitive: "It's not off, but it's not on," said LiveNation's Denise Morales of the Sept. 5 concert. "We're still waiting for official word." The 18-year-old Nickelodeon star is scheduled to perform songs such as “Kissin’ You,” from her album "Sparks Fly", and the "iCarly" theme "Leave It All to Me" at a 3 p.m. matinee concert on Labor Day, with opening act Shane Harper, seen on Disney Channel's "Witches of Waverly Place" and "Good Luck Charlie." Stay tuned.
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