A fan favorite metal drummer is counting his blessings after a hit-and-run left his car flipped in the middle of the road—a crash that could have ended far worse.

Ben Koller, drummer for Salem’s metalcore heavyweights Converge, took to Instagram on Sunday to share a photo of a silver car in a pretty metal position—upside down, straddling the yellow line.

“Nice little Sunday,” the 45-year-old quipped at the start of his caption for the post. “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,” Koller, who is also the drummer for the heavy metal outfit Mutoid Man, added.

“Don’t waste a second, this thing could be over at any second, and it’s completely out of your control,” Ko

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