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Ex-Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer dies in crash

CARTERSVILLE, Ga.

Robert Burns Jr., the former drummer and a founding member of the Southern hard-rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, died late Friday in a single-vehicle crash in Georgia, police and his father said.

Burns’ vehicle went off a road just before midnight as it approached a curve near Cartersville, striking a mailbox and a tree, Georgia State Patrol spokeswoman Tracey Watson said. Burns, 64, was killed in the wreck. He was not wearing a seat belt.

The accident remains under investigation, and Watson said further details were not immediately available.

Burns was one of five musicians who founded the band in Jacksonville, Fla. While Burns was with the group, it recorded “Sweet Home Alabama,” “Gimme Three Steps” and “Free Bird.” He left the group in 1974.

‘Price is Right’ model apologizes for mistake

LOS ANGELES

“The Price is Right” model Manuela Arbelaez thought she would have to come on down to the unemployment line after she mistakenly revealed the price of a new car on the game show.

The 26-year-old model said in an interview Friday that she lost her train of thought while exposing the answers to “Five Price Tags,” a game that involves correctly choosing a vehicle’s value among five oversized tags. Arbelaez accidently unmasked the correct $21,960 price after the contestant’s first pick, even though the participant still had two more chances to guess.

“It was a brain fart,” said Arbelaez. “I just zoned out. I literally did not see that coming. My body took over and reacted before my brain had a chance to stop it.”

“Congratulations! Manuela just gave you a car,” host Drew Carey told the contestant.

Associated Press