Tower of Power Bassist in ICU After 2 Band Members Struck by Train

Marc van Wageningen got the worst of Oakland Amtrak incident

Two members of the band Tower of Power were struck by an Amtrak train yesterday while walking back from their hotel to a gig.

Bassist Marc van Wageningen remains in intensive care, TheWrap has learned. Drummer David Garibaldi had less severe injuries.

“In an unfortunate accident tonight, two members of the award-winning group Tower Of Power, drummer David Garibaldi and current bassist Marc van Wageningen, were struck by a train in California,” their publicist Jeremy Westby told us. “Both men are responsive and being treated at a local hospital in Oakland.”

Westby also forwarded us this note from bandleader Emilio Castillo: “I was at the hospital last night and saw David but Marc was in intensive care and I wasn’t able to see him.

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