Jefferson Airplane’s Joey Covington has been killed in a car crash in California.

Jefferson Airplane’s Joey Covington has been killed in a car crash in California.

The 67-year-old, who was the drummer of one of the most popular rock bands during the psychedelic 1960s era, died instantly after his Honda Civic car careered into a wall in Palm Springs.

He was pronounced dead at the scene after a nearby motel guest attempts to revive him failed.

According to the Riverside County Coroner’s report he was not wearing a seat belt when his car struck the wall.

The impact was so severe that the wreckage of the Honda went flying onto a nearby drive-way several feet away from the actual crash site.

One of the former drummer’s friends told the Desert Sun newspaper that his wife believes that her husband could have suffered a stroke or heart attack just before the fatal accident.

Police do not believe that either drugs or alcohol were involved in the tragedy which happened on Tuesday.