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Trace Adkins tour bus crash - Show still on

SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) – We've just learned that tonight's concert involving country music star Trace Adkins 'will' go on as planned.  That word comes just hours after a fatal crash involving one of Adkins' tour bus north of Shreveport.

Authorities tell KSLA News 12 that two people are confirmed dead, believed to be the two people in the pickup truck.  They also tell us that Adkins was not on the bus during the crash.

Caddo Parish Sheriff's office now identifies the two deseased as 21-year-old Justin Maxey of Fouke, Arkansas (driver) and 36-year-old Jeffery Ferguson Jr. of Texarakana, Arkansas (passenger). Both were pronounced dead on the scene by the Caddo Parish Coroner's Office.

There were 9 people on the tour bus. 5 bus passengers were taken by ambulance to North Caddo Memorial Hospital in Vivian with minor injuries.

Investigators say it appears the truck drove over the center line and crashed into the tour bus in north Caddo Parish.  Investigators tell KSLA News 12 several witnesses said the truck had been driving rather wrecklessly prior to the crash.

The concert was scheduled for this Saturday night at the CenturyTel Center in Bossier City, where he's expected to perform with Martina McBride.  A CenturyTel spokeswoman informed us this afternoon that there are no changes at all for the event.

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