The Roots Survive Double-Decker Bus Crash

A double-decker bus carrying The Roots crashed and flipped over in Paris last night -- and after their drummer crawled out of the rubble of cereal, broken glass and bathroom fluid, he immediately blogged about it.
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Fortunately, no one was seriously hurt when a van (pictured underneath the bus) crashed into the bus, forcing it to do a 360 on the highway and turn on its side. When the drummer, Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, emerged from the chaotic scene, he immediately sent a post-wreck email to Okayplayer.com that read: "well...since we are sitting on the side of the road. what better way to pass the time while the ambulance come then [sic] to....blog."

Love later wrote a detailed blow-by-blow of the crash and aftermath from a motel, where he described the moment he realized he wasn't dead, described the injuries ("some of us have cuts and neck braces on"), and declared, "we are so grateful for this outcome."

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1. ok, you guys are rally lame, his name is QUEST LOVE, not "uestlove" or did you mean ?uestlove?

Posted at 6:14PM on Nov 20th 2008 by im mom

2. Thanks "im mom" I was just about to say WTF?......

Posted at 6:22PM on Nov 20th 2008 by La La

3. I love the Roots. wish them speedy recoveries.

Posted at 6:23PM on Nov 20th 2008 by Joel

4. "The Seed (2.0)" is permanently on my i-Pod! Wishing you a speedy recovery guys!

Posted at 6:28PM on Nov 20th 2008 by rminva

5. That's QUESTLOVE!! NOT UESTLOVE or whatever the heck you guys mangled it into!!!! DAYUM!!

Posted at 6:41PM on Nov 20th 2008 by lIZZZZZ

6. Ok, I know I reside in Britney land but who's The Roots? Anyway, I'm glad they're ok and now I'm going to have to listen to their music to see if I like. Speedy recovery to all.

Posted at 6:47PM on Nov 20th 2008 by Jack54

7. i hope they can get chicken and ribs in the hospital.

Posted at 7:15PM on Nov 20th 2008 by brian

8. His name is spelled "?uestlove" you morons.

Posted at 7:15PM on Nov 20th 2008 by thagreatness

9. This is one time I have to side with Barry Manilow by saying "frankly my dear I don't give a blank"

Posted at 7:29PM on Nov 20th 2008 by jrad247

10. It is actually ?uestlove... I know for a fact via business transactions.

Posted at 7:34PM on Nov 20th 2008 by Nancy

11. I'm glad everyone's alright. When are they touring with Planet Asia again?

Posted at 3:51AM on Nov 21st 2008 by da nocturnal cognac sipper from da badlands of Paraguay

12. @#5

Sometimes he (and the media) spell it w/a question mark. I love them and glad they're ok. People, if you watched the "Chappelle Show", you probably caught them a time or two as they were frequent musical guests (the funniest being w/John Mayer and Questlove when they went around playing different music around opposite cultures - just for the initial reaction).

Eff those w/racist remarks!

Posted at 7:58PM on Nov 20th 2008 by A Real Housewife from Compton

13. WHO?

Posted at 9:12PM on Nov 20th 2008 by Disturbed

14. who are they? and why should I care?

Posted at 12:01AM on Nov 21st 2008 by wayne dh

15. Somebody should pick up all of that weed that's spilled out of the bus. That must have been on Hell of a party, that is until the bus flipped over. Smoke it if you got it.

Posted at 2:18AM on Nov 21st 2008 by smokin'

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