Soul band The Drifters have been involved in a serious car crash on the M1 in South Yorkshire
The accident happened near Rotherham in the early hours of Monday when the band's car hit another vehicle that had crashed after swerving to avoid a deer.
One member of the band - Patrick Alan - suffered head injuries and is being treated at Rotherham hospital.
The other three band members - Peter Lamarr, Victor Bynoe and Rohan Turney - escaped with less serious injuries.
The Drifters were originally formed in 1953 and had dozens of hits in the US and UK throughout the subseqent three decades.
Among their best-known songs is 1964's Under the Boardwalk.
The group has undergone multiple line-up changes, including Ben E King in the late 1950s and again in the mid 1980s.
Lamarr, Bynoe and Turney were released after treatment and have continued their journey to London following a performance at Newcastle's Tyne Theatre on Sunday night.
Their driver suffered cuts to his hand and was treated for a chest injury.
Extensive damage
The other driver, a 21-year-old man from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, suffered airbag injuries and whiplash.
However, he got out of his vehicle to the safety of the hard shoulder before the band's Chrysler Voyager people carrier smashed into his stationary Skoda at about 70mph.
Both vehicles were extensively damaged, South Yorkshire Police said.
Pc John Scruby of the Road Policing Group attended at the scene of the collision, said " It is quite astonishing that we were not dealing with a fatal collision given the nature of the incident."
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