“I thank God every day, and Metallica, for saving us”: Virginia family say taking their daughter to see Metallica saved them from deadly truck crash

A pickup truck crashes through the front of a house, next to a picture of James Hetfield of Metallica singing in 2024.

An American family’s plans to take their daughter to a Metallica show may have inadvertently saved their lives.

David and Kristin McKee say that they went to bed earlier than usual in their Goodview, Virginia home on May 6, as the next day they were going to drive their 14-year-old to a concert by metal’s biggest band at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg.