Overview
- Buckcherry’s tour bus was part of a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 26 in Spartanburg County early Friday morning, Aug. 21, 2026.
- The band and its touring crew were reported safe and uninjured in a social media statement and the group said scheduled shows are expected to continue.
- South Carolina Highway Patrol investigators say a driver who had exited a vehicle after a single-vehicle crash was struck by a Toyota sedan and pronounced dead at the scene.
- Eastbound lanes of I-26 were closed for several hours while emergency crews worked the scene and were reopened around mid-morning, according to state DOT updates.
- Authorities have released no identity for the deceased and have not yet detailed how the bus became involved, and officials say the incident remains under routine investigation as the band offered condolences to the victim’s family; Buckcherry is touring behind its 2025 album Roar Like Thunder.