DJ Jonathan Toubin In Critical Condition After Freak Car Accident

New York Night Train/ Brian Williams

Brooklyn-based DJ Jonathan Toubin, the host of the popular 45rpm rock-and-soul dance party New York Night Train, was critically injured yesterday in a horrific freak accident in Portland, Oregon, where he was visiting to spin a party.

Toubin was sleeping in his ground-floor hotel room when a cab crashed through the wall of the building, pinning him beneath the vehicle. It's scary, "one-in-a-trillion" stuff, and Toubin is currently in critical condition at Oregon Health and Science University Hospital in Portland. The driver of the cab may have suffered a diabetes-related medical emergency at the time of the crash, according to police.

Two benefit dance parties have already been set up for Toubin tonight, at Home Sweet Home and Motor City, with all proceeds going directly to him. Here's the Facebook page for the benefits, and here's Toubin talking about the state of NYC nightlife a few years back. [via BrooklynBased]

UPDATE 4:30 P.M.: From Jonathan's booking agent: "Jonathan's family has started a paypal account where you can send donations, please paypal donations to ihearttoubin@gmail.com This will be the most direct source to helping Jonathan and his family."

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By Jamie Feldmar in Arts & Entertainment on December 9, 2011 12:18 PM

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"Tim Osman"

Another sad reminder that life is precious and precarious

J_Temperance

No more ground floor hotel rooms for me.

Mike_Nesmith

Tragic. Now we may just have to put an ipod on shuffle.

jfu222

Lemmie guess ... jazz musician.

buckygirl23

He's a vinyl only DJ and you are an insensitive asshole

Guest

Not only is that statement insulting to the young man in the hospital, it's completely ignorant.

Eli Mavros

I would generally agree with this sentiment regarding DJs, but Toubin's selection of old soul, surfer rock, and 50s R&B was truly something special. He got the crowd going to music that not everyone plays in this city and with lots of hidden gems. I HATE clubbing and am not likely to go dancing often...but I loved going to the Friday night dance parties he holds at Home Sweet Home. I really hope that he has a speedy recovery. My thoughts are with him.

Guest

Actually, there's no reason at all to agree with that sentiment. DJs, unlike iPods, know how to match tempos and mix songs that, played on a crappy piece of machinery like an iPod, would sound stale and flat. People who hate on DJs are generally just plain ignorant.