Adrenaline Mob cancels Wilmington show after bassist dies in wreck

MICANOPY, Fla. — Adrenaline Mob, a metal band scheduled to play Wednesday night at the Blue Eyed Muse in downtown Wilmington, canceled the performance after the group was involved in a deadly wreck while traveling to a show in Florida.

The band's bassist, David Zablidowsky, was killed in the wreck. Zablidowsky, 36, also played with Trans-Siberian Orchestra and ZO2. Six others were injured Friday afternoon when a tractor-trailer veered off Interstate 75 and struck the band’s RV, which had pulled off the highway with a flat tire.

According to The Record of New Jersey, this was the second time an Adrenaline Mob band member died during a tour in a little more than two years. In March 2015, The Record reported, drummer A.J. Pero died of a heart attack on the band’s tour bus.

At the scene, a sound man for the band said the metal group was traveling in the RV and a van that was pulling a covered trailer.

A total of nine people were in the vehicles. One died, six were taken to area hospitals, and the other two declined medical treatment. The majority of those injured were listed in serious condition and one was in critical condition as of late Friday night. Those injured were taken to UF Health Shands Hospital and North Florida Regional Medical Center.

Florida Highway Patrol identified the people in the crash and described their injuries as follows:

• David Zablidowsky, a passenger in the RV, died;

• Robert Edwin Haines, 59 of Largo, Fla., driver of the 2014 semi, was not injured;

• Jason McCole, 41 of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., driver of the RV, was seriously injured;

• A second passenger in the RV, Russell Allen, 38, of New Jersey, was seriously injured;

• A third passenger, Janet Revis, 48, of Pitts Pond, Pa., was seriously injured;

• A fourth passenger, Dale Campiglia, 51 of Levittown, N.Y., was seriously injured;

• A fifth passenger, Robert Dressler, 45 of Plaines, Pa., was seriously injured;

• The driver of driver of a 2003 GMC Sierra, Jordan Cannata, 27 of West Babylon, N.Y., was seriously injured; and

• The lone passenger in the GMC, 46-year-old Mike Orlando of Staten Island, N.Y., was seriously injured.

Haines declined comment to a reporter. The driver was traveling from Atlanta to Orlando and was hauling cooking oil, troopers said. The side of the truck said Twiss Transport, Inc., Largo.

The highway patrol was still investigating late Friday night. Troopers believe the RV was traveling southbound on I-75 near Mile Marker 372. The GMC was traveling with the RV and both vehicles stopped on the shoulder. The semi collided with the vehicles that were stopped on the shoulder and the RV caught fire where Zablidowsky died. The RV and the GMC were traveling together. The RV had a flat tire, so both vehicles pulled off the highway. The trailer that was being towed by the van was hauling musical equipment.

Marion County Fire Rescue officials said they arrived at 12:38 p.m. The fire was under control at 12:54 p.m. Firefighters from multiple fire stations throughout the county went to the location. Fire officials said a group of registered nurses from Shands stopped at the scene and provided aid to the victims.

Dressler, one of the people who had been riding in the RV, said he is the sound man for Adrenaline Mob, which was en route from Biloxi, Mississippi, to St. Petersburg, where it was scheduled to perform Friday night at the State Theater. Dressler said he heard a “boom” when the truck hit the RV. He was in a bunk at the time.

Among the injured were band members. A spokesperson for the band declined comment when reached on Friday.

Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick Dumon was northbound on I-75, headed from Tampa to Gainesville, when he came upon the accident scene. He told a reporter that he ran over and pulled the RV driver out of his vehicle. He administered first aid and kept talking to the man, who said his name was Jason, while waiting for emergency crews to arrive. He learned that Jason himself was a retired Marine.

Dumon said he also assisted pulling two more people from the trailer.