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Posted by Ricardo on March 24, 2008, 8:53 am, in reply to "Re: Tejano singer Navaira critically injured in crash"
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My heart and prayers go out to Emilio Y Grupo Rio and to all of their families and friends. May God bless, watch over and protect you all through your time of need.
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: OUR PRAYERS GO OUT TO LA FAMILIA NAVAIRA AND
: THE FAMILY'S INVOLVED IN THE COLLISION....
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: Grammy winner’s tour bus collided with 2
: vehicles on Sunday morning
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: HOUSTON - Grammy-winning Tejano singer
: Emilio Navaira was critically injured Sunday
: when his band’s bus crashed on a highway in
: the metro area, city and hospital officials
: said.
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: Navaira and his band Rio had performed at a
: Houston nightclub on Saturday night. At
: about 5 a.m. Sunday, the band’s bus slammed
: into traffic barrels on Interstate 610
: northbound in Bellaire, a well-to-do enclave
: within the city west of downtown Houston,
: Bellaire police Sgt. Daniel Kerr said.
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: Navaira was one of eight passengers on the
: bus who were injured, said Houston Assistant
: Fire Chief Omero Longoria. Navaira was
: listed in critical condition at Memorial
: Hermann Hospital, where he was being treated
: in the intensive care unit, said hospital
: administrator Lisa Lagrone.
: The bus was the only vehicle involved, Kerr
: said. Initial news reports, based on video
: from traffic cameras at the scene, had said
: three vehicles were involved.
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: Navaira, 45, and Rio have released more than
: a dozen albums, including “Acuerdate” that
: won the 2003 Grammy for best Tejano album.
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: According to the band’s Web site, Navaira
: was born in San Antonio and earned a music
: scholarship from Texas State. In 1989, he
: formed the band with brother Raul, who
: suffered minor injuries in the crash, two
: Houston television stations reported.
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: Two people were listed in critical condition
: at Ben Taub Hospital, Longoria said. Three
: others were treated at Ben Taub and
: released.
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