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Texas Punk Band Recovering From ‘Traumatic Injuries’ After Semi Truck Hit Their Tour Van in New Mexico

The punk trio suffered broken bones, organ trauma, and brain injuries after being rear-ended in their tour van.

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Members of Austin-based Japanese punk trio Peelander-Z are still recovering in the hospital after suffering “traumatic injuries” in New Mexico. The group—whose members are known as Yellow, Pink, and Tiger—was traveling to a gig in Albuquerque on May 18 when a semi-truck on I-40 rear-ended their tour van.

The band’s agent, Brad Raffenaud, spoke to local Albuquerque news outlet KOB 4 on May 22 about the incident. He shared that the accident was “just really bad,” but reports from the hospital remain “promising.”

“With the reports from the hospitals and from the doctors and the staff, things look very promising. It just was just, it was really bad,” said Raffenaud. “Just lucky that they’re all three alive,” he added. “I mean, if you were to drive past an accident like that, you wouldn’t........

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