Bottle Hits Singer – Toots Injured and Hospitalized

A bottle hits singer, Frederick 'Toots Hibbert, during a concert at the Dominion Riverrock Festival in Richmond, Virginia.

Apparently, a glass Vodka bottle hits singer of a reggae band, Toots and the Maytals, while they were performing some songs for the music festival on Saturday. William C. Lewis, the one responsible when the bottle hits singer, was now charged with public intoxication and aggravated result, according to the reports from the Richmond Times Dispatch. Lewis was only 19 years old.

There was blood flowing heavily from Toots' head immediately after he was hit by a glass bottle of vodka, according to an interview made with a concert worker, thus he was brought to the hospital right away. Hibbert was treated for laceration on his forehead after the bottle hit him and he received 8-10 stitches on his head. He was released from the hospital after. The incident occurred at around 10:15 and it was stopped 15 minutes early of schedule.

According to the festival manager while he drove Hibbert to the hospital that the injured singer was in very good spirits and he was so appreciative about Richmond, VA. "He said he wanted to come back, and he understood this was just one bad apple, basically," the manager also mentioned.

Furthermore, Jack Berry who was the executive director of the company that produced the music festival said that they would look into the possible improvement of the security procedures that they could add for events such as this. Berry also believed that the vodka bottle that hit the singer was not brought in from outside but was instead stolen from the sales area for the mixed beverages.

Berry also told the media that Dominion Riverrock is a brilliant event for the community. However, "this edition has been marred by the actions of one individual...This was one individual who committed a horrible act," Berry regretfully stated. 

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