text: Three people were killed and eight were injured when a van carrying members of two heavy metal bands careened 300 feet off an interstate and down an embankment in northeast Georgia on Monday. The 15-passenger van was carrying 12 people from South Carolina toward Atlanta when it went off Interstate 85 near the town of Commerce about 7 am Monday, the Georgia State Patrol said. Authorities have confirmed three deaths, according to Georgia State Patrol Captain Mark Perry. A van carrying 12 people from South Carolina for a heavy metal show in Atlanta careened off the road Monday morning, killing three and injuring eight . The driver of the 15-passenger van 'apparently fell asleep and allowed the vehicle to leave the roadway, at which time the vehicle struck a tree on the passenger side, Georgia State Patrol Cpl Scott Smith said . Members of the Atlanta-based band Khaotika and the Huntsville, Alabama-based band Wormreich were in the van. Eight others were injured, the Georgia Department of Public Safety said in a statement late Monday morning. Their conditions weren't available. The van's driver 'apparently fell asleep and allowed the vehicle to leave the roadway, at which time the vehicle struck a tree on the passenger side,' Georgia State Patrol Cpl. Scott Smith told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The occupants of the van, from Atlanta-based band Khaotika and Alabama-based Wormreich, were traveling together and pulling a trailer with the musicians' equipment, Smith told the Atlanta newspaper. The three men who died were ejected from the vehicle, according to Fox5. The van's driver was not injured, Young said, adding that families of those involved were still being notified. Wormreich and Khaotika (pictured together) had been to Chicago, St Louis and Spartanburg, South Carolina on tour . The driver of the van was not injured in the crash 65 miles northeast of Atlanta, where Khaotika and Wormreich were scheduled to play Monday night. Above, unidentified people leave the scene . The conditions of those who survived Monday's crash were not immediately available and families were still being notified . Band members had been travelling to a show in Atlanta Monday night, which has been cancelled. Kult ov Azazel, another metal band scheduled to appear at the show, said, 'The van carrying Wormreich and Khaotika was in a horrible accident this morning. We cannot go into details due to respect to the families of the involved'. The Atlanta show was the last stop on a tour for the metal groups that included Chicago, St Louis and Spartanburg, South Carolina. Wormreich is listed as a Black Metal band with lyrical interests in Satanism on a fan site and Khaotika is listed as a Gothic Metal group interested in the occult. Rick Hayes, husband of Khaotika singer Lariyah Hayes, 27, said on Facebook that 'Lariyah's out of surgery and in recovery, docs said it went well' The crash happened about 65 miles northeast of Atlanta. It caused traffic to back up in the area along the interstate, a key route between Georgia and the Carolinas, said Teri Pope, a spokeswoman with the Georgia Department of Transportation. Lariya Hayes (center) had surgery and was recovering after surviving the crash, according to her husband . The van and trailer traveled 300 feet off of the road before crashing into trees on the side of the highway .
target: Southern metal bands Khaotika and Wormreich were in 15-person van .
  Eight injured in crash after van comes 300ft off the Georgia interstate .
  Three men who died were thrown from the vehicle as it hit trees .
  Atlanta-based Khaotika, Alabama-based Wormreich were heading to show .