Converge Drummer Ben Koller Survives Hit-and-Run Crash

Ben Koller, the longtime drummer for the metal band Converge, escaped serious injury after a hit-and-run driver T-boned his vehicle on Sunday, December 7, causing it to flip onto its roof in the middle of the road.

Koller, a Massachusetts native who has played with Converge since 1999 and also performs with Mutoid Man, shared a photo of the wrecked silver Toyota on Instagram that evening. The image depicted the car upside down, straddling the yellow line, with its frame largely intact despite the severe impact. In the caption, he described the incident: "Nice little Sunday. They T-boned me and fled the scene. Luckily their bumper flew off and had the license plate on it. I'm somehow walking and talking and pretty lucky to be alive." He added a philosophical note, urging others to "don't waste a second, this thing could be over any second and it's completely out of your control." Koller also expressed gratitude to a higher power, writing that it wanted him to finish his work with Heavy Music Collective, a digital publishing and administration group he is involved with.

Authorities have not yet released details on whether the fleeing driver has been identified, but the detached...