while touring england in 1960 on april 17 gene vincent and eddie cochran were invovled in an auto accident that killed eddie and injured gene.eddies girlfriend sharon sheeley was also involved.the accident was in eddies car in Chippenham in Wiltshire.it happened in the spring.news story went like this....... Eddie Cochran dies in a hospital in Bath, England, from severe brain injuries sustained in a car crash near Chippenham, Wiltshire. Also injured in the crash are Cochran's girlfriend Sharon Sheeley and rocker Gene Vincent. (1960)