Drummer Falls Out of Bus, Is Run Over
A bus chartered by the Grammy-winning Tejano band Los Palominos ran a stop sign in Port Lavaca, throwing out the band’s drummer, who was killed when the bus ran over him, police said.
The driver apparently was distracted by a conversation with the drummer, Jesse Arreola, 31, said Veronica Diaz of the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department.
Arreola’s brothers and fellow band members--James, Johnny and George Arreola; the driver; and a passenger suffered minor injuries.
Jesse Arreola had recently overcome leukemia, a spokesman said.
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