In which country was pop singer Eddie Cochran killed in a car crash?

Edward Raymond "Eddie" Cochran (October 3, 1938 – April 17, 1960) was an American musician. Cochran's rockabilly songs, such as "Twenty Flight Rock", "Summertime Blues", "C'mon Everybody", and "Somethin' Else", captured teenage frustration and desire in the mid-1950s to the early 1960s.

On Saturday, April 16, 1960, at about 11.50 p.m., while on tour in the United Kingdom, 21-year-old Cochran was involved in a traffic accident in a taxi traveling through Chippenham, Wiltshire, England on the A4. The speeding taxi blew a tire, the driver lost control and the vehicle crashed into a lamppost on Rowden Hill, where a plaque now marks the spot. No other car was involved. Cochran, who was seated in the center of the back seat and was thrown out of the car when the door flew open. He was taken to St Martin's Hospital, Bath, where he died at 4:10 p.m. the following day of severe head injuries.