Tejano Star Emilio Navaira Critical After Crash

Grammy-winning Tejano singer Emilio Navaira was critically injured after his band's bus crashed in Houston.

Navaira and his band Rio had performed at a Houston nightclub on Saturday night. Cops say around 5:00 AM Sunday the band's bus slammed into traffic barrels on Interstate 610 northbound in Bellaire, a posh area west of downtown Houston.

Navaira is currently in critical condition at Memorial Hermann Hospital. His brother Raul was also injured in the wreck, along with several other members of the band.

The 45-year-old Navaira and Rio have released more than a dozen albums. "Acuerdate" won the 2003 Grammy for best Tejano album.

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196. Emilio the best to you in your recovery.....you are without a doubt one of the best in the Tejano industry and we all know Texans are strong and you'll pull thru just fine.

J.Garcia Houston/Tx

Posted at 4:27AM on Apr 3rd 2008 by J.Garcia

197. My thoughts and prayers go out to Emilo and his family at this time. I pray that he will continue to improve and make a full recovery.

May God Bless you Emilo!

Yolanda Gutierrez
Phoenix, AZ.

Posted at 5:32PM on Apr 3rd 2008 by Yolanda Gutierrez

198. Emilio has been a major part of Tejano and Tex-Mex music. He has been in several English speaking Ford spots for tv.. the voice of G. W. Bush when he was running for office in texas He has also realeased two english albums and his county album was named after his Miller Lite Sponsorship and english tv spots "Life is Good" Any one person who is hurt in an accident we should all hope they get better. As a radio dj for south texas i have had the chance to hang out with Emilio several times... What a great person and we all hope he gets well soon.

Posted at 6:56PM on Apr 3rd 2008 by QUE PASA 99.5

199. I Hope Emilio Navaira gets well soon. I'LL keep praying for him. I luv your musica!

Posted at 2:00PM on Apr 4th 2008 by Isabel Garza

200. Continued prayers for Emilio, his family and band members. Get well soon Emilio - you are an awesome entertainer, humanitarian and family man. God Bless!

Posted at 9:33PM on Apr 6th 2008 by Tejanita de Diamantes

201. Emilio appeared in Califas at the Orange County fair Costa Mesa a few times. Very entertaining. Texmex sound to me as a Chicano is more appealing than Norteno. Ive never heard little joe or emilio sing about drug deals . Emilio will live again to speak about his experience and lessons learned.

Posted at 12:11AM on Apr 8th 2008 by Texmexsound

202. I would like to extend my Well wishes and prayers to the Navaira Family.
It does not matter if he is popular or not, hispanic or not, rich or poor, grammy winner or not,
It matters that he is a human being who has family especially children and for everyone close to him, I wish him well and to the family I say Hold On to the great memories. He will be fine and With Faith and Love, God does bring miracles to our lives.
If we ignore the haters and ignorants, they will eventually stay out of here.
Today it's Emilio's family but tomorrow it could be your family.
Good luck Emilio.

Posted at 4:25PM on Apr 8th 2008 by Nina

203. hope he recovers soon a great tejano star great concerts

Posted at 7:37PM on Apr 9th 2008 by chula

204. He was a big crossover country music star (English) in the mid 1990's. Thta's how I came to be a fan. His song "I's not the end of the world, but it's a damn good start" is a classic.

Emilio, you and your family remain in our prayers. You will get well and sing again. Hang in there hun.

Posted at 12:27PM on Apr 19th 2008 by texasbelle5

205. This is to all the people who don't have a heart. No matter what race he is, what he has done, whether he had a license or not, where he had alcohol or not....WE'RE NOT ALL PERFECT!! Under God's eyes we're all his children and we're all brothers and sisters. The ones who are saying " oh well thats what he deserves" i'm sure that you all once have done wrong. Everyone gets tempted. And if you just simply don't care then there is a God and when the day comes that this corrupt world will end you will scream mercy because you will go to hell. And that day is soon to come.... any day now. Also put yourself in he family's position IF HE was your DAD SON FRIEND BROTHER etc you know you would be devastated right now. So show respect and don't be another idiot typing away on how you wish he would die already. Who cares if he is hispanic, if he sings tejano, if you dont know him...... Just remember under God's eyes we're all equal he is our brother because we're children of God. I pray to God that he gets well and gives his family the strength to be able to pull through with him. Its just as tough to the family as it is for him to fight for his life. I have gone through a similar situation with my own father and it was very hard. With everything that was going on, my mother and I almost ended up in the hospital. It was 3 sad months of hope that he would get better but at the end there was nothing else to do. So everyone pray for both him and his family they both need the strength. When your in a situation like that you dont know what to think, feel, or do.

Posted at 7:13PM on Jun 4th 2008 by Gen

206. Emilio is a Tejano King. The tejano community would not be the same without him. Next to SELENA he had alot to do with brining us excellent tejano music. I have had the privelage of being able to see him at the HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO and it was amazing. Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family, IT would be a GREAT loss if he didnt pull threw. Houstonians are sending their best wishes in hope for a speedy recovery. We CAN NOT loose our TEJANO KING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Best wishes Emilio y Grupo Rio you are and always will be one of the BEST!

Posted at 6:13PM on Jun 23rd 2008 by Houstonian-Tejano Proud

207. LIVED IN SAN ANTONIO ALL MY LIFE AND HAVE ACTUALLY HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING EMILIO.....WHAT A WONDERFUL PERSON HE WAS HE DONATED LOTS TO CHARITIES.......MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU EMILIO.......HOPEFULLY YOU LIVE TO SING AGAIN..............I WAS AT THE PRAYER SERVICE THEY HAD FOR HIM...WHAT A SOMBER OCCASION................................YOUR IN MY PRAYERS...............................................GET WELL SOON!!!!!!!

Posted at 2:26PM on Oct 2nd 2008 by DAVID JOSHUA

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