According to the Swiss daily newspaper Blick, vocalist Steve Lee of Swiss hard rock veterans GOTTHARD was killed in a motorcycle accident in Nevada. He was 47 years old. Lee died yesterday (Tuesday, October 5) after being clipped a semitrailer shortly after 5:00 p.m., Nevada Highway Patrol spokesman Joe Fackrell said, according to KVVU-TV.

Fackrell said a group of motorcyclists had stopped on the side of northbound Interstate 15, about 50 miles north of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Lee died at the scene, Fackrell said. The cause of the crash is under investigation. Bassist Chris von Rohr of fellow Swiss hard rock veterans KROKUS told Blick, "I am speechless; I don't know even know what to say. I express my deepest condolences to his parents."

An official statement on the matter from the band's management and record company is expected later today.

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