Crossroads - Metallica bass player Cliff Burton died 33 years ago today in a fatal bus crash in Sweden while Metallica was on tour. The driver of the bus hit a patch
![Museum Dedicated To METALLICA's CLIFF BURTON Officially Opens Near Site Of Tragic Bus Accident: Video, Photos - BLABBERMOUTH.NET Museum Dedicated To METALLICA's CLIFF BURTON Officially Opens Near Site Of Tragic Bus Accident: Video, Photos - BLABBERMOUTH.NET](https://assets.blabbermouth.net/media/cliffburtonmuseumopen_638.jpg)
Museum Dedicated To METALLICA's CLIFF BURTON Officially Opens Near Site Of Tragic Bus Accident: Video, Photos - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
![September 27, 1986 - Metallica Bassist Cliff Burton dies in bus crash - This Day in Automotive History September 27, 1986 - Metallica Bassist Cliff Burton dies in bus crash - This Day in Automotive History](https://automotivehistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Metallica-bus-crash.jpg)
September 27, 1986 - Metallica Bassist Cliff Burton dies in bus crash - This Day in Automotive History
![Pictured: The trail of destruction left by bus crash which killed Polish migrant worker and left three critically injured | Daily Mail Online Pictured: The trail of destruction left by bus crash which killed Polish migrant worker and left three critically injured | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/08/19/article-1046543-0256D55400000578-444_468x286.jpg)
Pictured: The trail of destruction left by bus crash which killed Polish migrant worker and left three critically injured | Daily Mail Online
![Photo of Lars, James and Kirk getting dropped off at a hotel after Cliff Burton was killed in the bus crash. : r/Metallica Photo of Lars, James and Kirk getting dropped off at a hotel after Cliff Burton was killed in the bus crash. : r/Metallica](https://static.cdn-expressen.se/images/dd/b5/ddb524af00ef4449b4bb0fe7a1759be8/16x9/640@60.jpg)