Carrie Underwood's Teary Concert Tribute Was for Driver Killed in Crash

Country chanteuse was singing for 48-year-old Robert Allen O'Bleness, killed on the job delivering equipment to her concert venue

By Natalie Finn Mar 26, 2010 10:45 PMTags

Carrie Underwood isn't one to forget a name.

Her emotional performance of "Temporary Home" last Saturday at Foxwoods Casino's MGM Grand Theater in Connecticut was dedicated to a Kansas truck driver who was killed in a fiery crash while hauling equipment for Underwood's show.

Robert Allen O'Bleness died March 20 after losing control of his tractor-trailer on Interstate 95 in Stonington. The vehicle slid down an embankment and caught fire.

Connecticut State Police just released his identity today.

Underwood choked up several times during "Temporary Home," including at one point where she spoke the words "and we're all just passing through."

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Carrie Underwood, who's apparently beautiful inside and out, is just one of the celebs whose wedding we can't wait for.