Joshua ‘Nassaru’ Ward, Voraath drummer, dead at 37 following New Year’s Eve drunk driving tragedy Nicholas Shane Meeks, 32, was arrested Wednesday and charged with four counts of felony DUI involving death, and another for driving with a suspended license said officials.
Nicholas Shane Meeks, 32, who was driving the BMW, was arrested by the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office on New Year’s Day and charged with four counts of felony DUI involving death, and another for driving with a suspended license, according to Greenville County jail records.
Heavy metal drummer and vocalist Joshua "Nassaru" Ward – famous for his work in the band “Voraath” – was killed after being struck in a drunk driving tragedy on New Year’s Eve in South Carolina.
The group was struck while their 2017 Subaru SUV was backing out of a private driveway onto Cooley Bridge Road when suddenly a 2012 BMW sedan traveling south crashed into them, forcing the SUV off the road where it struck a tree, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
Sick Drummer Magazine posted a tribute to Ward on New Year’s Day on Facebook which read: “Woke up to hear the horrible news about the passing of our dear friend, drummer Joshua Nassaru Ward of Voraath.
