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Vampire Weekend member injured in road accident

New Yorkers Vampire Weekend, tipped to be one of the biggest new stars of 2008.                       
Pic: Jo McCaughey

New Yorkers Vampire Weekend, tipped to be one of the biggest new stars of 2008. Pic: Jo...

Band member knocked over by car in London

Vampire Weekend drummer Chris Tomson was involved in a collision with a car in London tonight (February 29), sustaining a head injury.

Tomson was outside the Hoxton Hotel at around 12.30am (GMT) after attending the Shockwave NME Awards in West London.

An ambulance was called and Tomson received treatment in an ambulance outside the hotel.

Tomson has been taken to the Royal London Hospital for treatment.

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PervisBedfellow 

Feb 29, 2008

If he's really a vampire, he should have nothing to worry about, seeing as how it wasn't sunlight or wooden stake.

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