Troopers were called out to the crash scene around 8:20 a.m. Friday. They say the crash occurred on I-85 south near mile marker 55 in Dinwiddie County, that’s about 45-minutes south of Richmond, Virginia.
VSP says the bus was traveling southbound when it went off the left hand side of the roadway and went about 100 yards before it ended up on its right side. 10 people were on board the bus when it went off the road and overturned. Nine of them are members of the singer’s production lighting crew and many of them were asleep at the time of the crash. They exited the wreckage through the front windshield.
The singer was not on board the wrecked bus. State police tell CBS 6 Cyrus was nowhere near the accident scene, though they cannot say for sure where the singer was at the time of the accident.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
A publicist for Miley Cyrus released the following statement:
“We are deeply saddened by the loss of Bill “Uncle Bill” Douglas. Members of our tour are like members of our family. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family in the midst of this tragedy. He will truly be missed.”