Grammy-Winning Tejano Singer Emilio Navaira Hurt in Crash
Houston Grammy-winning Tejano vocalist Emilio Navaira was critically injured Sunday when his band’s bus rammed on a main road in the tube area, urban center and infirmary officials told.
Navaira and his band Rio had got performed at a Houston night club on Saturday dark. At about 5 a.m. Dominicus, the band’s bus banged into traffic gun barrel on Interstate 610 northward in Bellaire, a prosperous enclave inside the metropolis west of downtown Houston, Bellaire police Sgt. Daniel Kerr articulated.
Navaira was one of eight riders on the passenger vehicle who existed injured, emphasised Houston Assistant Fire Chief Omero Longoria. Navaira was listed in vital condition at Memorial Hermann Hospital, where he was being hardened in the intensive care unit of measurement, said infirmary administrator Lisa Lagrone.
He had got surgery Sunday to take away a profligate clot in his head, told Joe Casias, his factor, who was at the infirmary with the infirmary.
“The next 24 hour are very vital,” Casias informated. “….on behalf of his menage, we hope his fans will implore for Emilio.”
Navaira stayed in vital condition early Monday, expressed Casey Smith, the hospital’s trading operations administrator.
Navaira, 45, and Rio have let go of more than a dozen record albums, including “Acuerdate” that acquired the 2003 Grammy for best Tejano record album.
According to the band’s Web site, Navaira was deliverred in San Antonio and earned an euphony scholarship from Texas State. In 1989, he formed the lot with blood brother Raul, who was among those who endured minor hurts, two Houston telecasting stations reported.
Five citizenry were interpreted to Ben Taub Hospital, where their weather were non immediately known, Longoria stated. A infirmary spokeswoman would non give out any info, citing wellness privacy Torah.
Two others existed treated at Memorial Hermann and relinquished, Lagrone expressed.