Deftones bass player, Chi Cheng is in a coma after being involved in a terrible car accident Monday in Santa Clara, CA.

Lead singer Chino Moreno said Cheng, 38, is in “very serious” condition.

He told the Sacramento Bee:

“I don’t know everything that’s going on..I just know it’s very serious.”

On the band’s official website Moreno adds, “Chi is one of the strongest people I know, and I’m praying that his strength will get him through this. Please say a prayer for him as well.”

The band has been hard at work in the studio recording their new album, “Eros”, due out in the spring of 2009.

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