'Christmas Carnage' Australian Tour Crash Kills Two

Australia's The Sydney Morning Herald reports that two men have died and four have been injured after a minibus carrying men involved in a heavy metal band tour has crashed down an embankment of the Pacific Highway.

The minibus was in a convoy carrying the ALL SHALL PERISH and THE RED SHORE "deathcore" bands on their Christmas Carnage tour.

A spokeswoman for the tour organizer said that members of the Califorinia-based ALL SHALL PERISH were ***NOT*** involved in the crash. She was unable to provide details about the dead men.

The bands were due to perform at Hermann's bar at the University of Sydney tonight.

One man was pronounced dead at the crash site, while a second man died at Coffs Harbour hospital after being trapped for an hour in the minibus after the minibus veered off the road and rolled down an embankment near Cunninghams Bridge at Moonee Beach in northern NSW at 7am.

Four other male passengers are in a stable condition.

The bus had been carrying eight passengers, all men in their 20s, when it veered off the road, said Ambulance spokeswoman Clare Pemberton.

"There are varying degrees of injury with the other six patients, multiple fractures, abrasions, mainly cuts and bruises for the majority of them," she told Macquarie Radio.

"Most of them are walking. They seem to have come out okay."

Police have closed the highway in both directions, and have urged motorists to avoid the area if possible.

"There will be local traffic diversions in place, but we are urging people to avoid the area if at all possible," a police spokesman said.

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