Automobile Crash Forces Postponement Of Lt. Dan Band Concert

Saturday  night’s Lt. Dan Band Concert at Martinsville High School has been postponed after Gary Sinise was involved as a passenger in an automobile accident earlier today.

Sinise was not seriously injured, but will be unable to perform at Saturday night’s concert, a fundraiser for triple-amputee Cpl. J.B. Kerns. The award-winning actor, who starred as Lt. Dan in the movie Forrest Gump, founded and plays in the Lt. Dan Band.  He was also scheduled to be the Grand Marshall at Sunday’s Speedway event, which he will also be unable to attend.

John Hodge, spokesman for the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation which is promoting the event, said the concert will be rescheduled in Martinsville, and that an announcement on the date is forthcoming.

“We are asking ticket holders to wait for the new date to be announced and if they can’t make that show, we will refund their money,” said Hodges.

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