Gary Numan says his "sadness will linger for a lifetime" after his tour bus hit and killed a 91-year-old man.
The Cars hitmaker, 60, says he was "utterly devastated" by the tragic events, and has revealed that his team is struggling to cope with their sadness.
The 80s singer, whose real name is Gary Webb, said in a statement on Twitter : "Before I say anything about today, how we feel, how we hurt, I want to make it clear that we absolutely understand that our pain is nothing compared to that of the family of the man who died yesterday. But, I can only speak for us.
"Tonight we continued our tour, we played in Louisville, Kentucky, and we are grateful beyond measure for the support and kindness we were shown by the fans, the venue staff, everyone.
"A lot of grown men amongst us cried tonight. This is not something we will get over quickly, if ever. Our sadness will linger for a lifetime, but this is we we do, we play music. But we will never forget."
Before making it to the gig, Gary had said: "It’s a very sad and somber team on the bus this morning as we make our way to Louisville. I don’t have the words to truly express how we feel. Still devastated."
Tragedy struck this week when a 91-year-old man was killed in a collision with Gary’s tour bus while pushing a cart across the road close to the House of Blues venue in Cleveland, Ohio, where the star had a gig that night.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Gary issued a statement after the awful events.
He said: "We are all utterly devastated by the fatal accident involving our tour bus earlier today.
"Everyone of us is filled with a sadness that made it impossible to even consider playing our show this evening, and out of respect it would have been entirely wrong.
"At the moment all we can think about are the people affected by this terrible tragedy and to them we send all our love."
It happened at 12.45pm local time and it is unclear if Gary was on board the vehicle, or whether news of the accident was later delivered to the pop star.
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