BNL’s Ed Robertson walks from plane crash
p2pnet news view | Music:- Canada’s Barenaked Ladies, still suffering the after effects of seeing Steven Page, their main man, arrested on drugs charges, have something good to shout about.
A small Cessna 206 float-plane with the band’s lead singer and guitar player Ed Robertson at the controls crashed in a forest area at Baptiste Lake, north of Bancroft, Ontario, on Sunday.
But Robertson, his wife Natalie, and friends Julie and Jeff Jones, walked away unhurt from the downed aircraft.
“While there was a fuel leak and spill after the crash, there was no report of a fire after impact,” says the Belleville Intelligencer.
“Reports from Robertson, witnesses at the lake and the plane’s passengers said the plane’s crash landing, suspected after a stall, was cushioned by thick brush and trees at the end of the lake.”
Robertson received his pilot’s licence in 2005, says Chart Attack, adding:
“He hosts an Outdoor Life Network Canada series called Ed’s Up, where he flies around North America and tries his hand at various jobs. He has a cottage in the area where the crash occurred.”
Page, meanwhile, had a court appearance for a drug charge in Fayetteville, New York, delayed until October 14, says Chart Attack.
“The felony charge carries a prison sentence of up to five-and-a-half years in state prison if he’s convicted. While police say Page admitted to snorting cocaine at his girlfriend’s apartment when he was arrested, he has pleaded not guilty.”
Belleville Intelligencer -No decision on plane crash probe, August 26, 2008
Chart Attack - Ed Robertson survives plane crash, August 25, 2008
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August 27th, 2008 at 9:23 am
“While police say Page admitted to snorting cocaine at his girlfriend’s apartment when he was arrested, he has pleaded not guilty.””
He snorted cocaine when he was arrested? I didn’t think the police would let you do that.