Canadian rockers The Standstills have had a lucky escape after their tour van collided with a moose during a downpour just south of Wawa, a small town in Ontario. The band – frontman Jonny Fox and drummer Renee Couture, alongside bassist Brendan McMillan – were on their way to a show supporting Theory Of A Dead Man on Saturday in Thunder Bay, ON, nearly 500km to the west, when the accident occurred.
"I was driving down a hill with a curve at the bottom," McMillan tells Classic Rock. "As we started to round the curve we saw a Moose walking into our lane. Both myself and Jonny started yelling "oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck!" There was no time to react and avoid the large animal. All I could do was slow down as much as I could while maintaining control. My only thought was safety.
