In 2016, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page were sued for allegedly copying the riff of their 1971 song "Stairway to Heaven" from an instrumental track by Spirit called "Taurus." The Led Zep frontman had reportedly watched the band performing the track live just a year prior to writing their hit. In 2016, at the Los Angeles trial for the lawsuit, Plant told the jury that he had been involved in a car accident with his wife the night he watched Spirit perform. He subsequently suffered a head injury that he claimed had erased his memory of the band's performance. "Part of the windshield buried in the top of my head, which was interesting. I don't remember a thing," he said, per the Independent.

In 1975, Plant was involved in a second car crash while vacationing with his family in Rhodes, Greece. His wife, Maureen, was driving the car with Plant in the passenger seat beside her. Behind them sat their children, Karac and Carmen, and Jimmy Page's daughter, Scarlet. The accident left Plant with a broken ankle, a fractured elbow, and multiple shattered bones in his right leg, causing him to spend his days in a wheelchair for a very long time. It also resulted in Maureen breaking her skull, pelvis, and leg. Three-year-old Karac and six-year-old Carmen suffered a fractured leg and a broken wrist, respectively. Fortunately, four-year-old Scarlet didn't suffer more than a few cuts and bruises.

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