On his route to his next show in North Carolina, John Michael Montgomery’s tour bus ran off the road in Jellico, Tennessee, leaving him and two other passengers hurt with “broken ribs and wounds.”
The 57-year-old country singer who is best known for the 1990s singles “I Love the Way You Love Me” and “Sold” informed his followers of the accident on his Facebook page on Saturday, informing them that he will not be attending the show on Friday.
He won’t perform at a different concert that was earlier planned on September 17 in New Braunfels, Texas.
According to the artist’s official website, Montgomery will perform again on stage on September 24 in Shipshewana, Indiana.
The two additional victims of the car accident were Marc Wood of Frankfort, Kentucky, and William Salyer of Staffordsville, Kentucky.
I’m doing OK, despite having minor injuries and damaged ribs. Montgomery said on social media, “I will take some time over the next couple of weeks to rest and be back on the road shortly.” I appreciate the doctors and highway patrol’s prompt action in this trying scenario. I appreciate everyone’s worries.
The tour bus of country singer John Michael Montgomery flipped to its side after it crashed onto an embarkment on I-75 near Jellico, Tennessee, while the artist was on his way to North Carolina for his next concert
The 57-year-old came out of the incident with several ‘broken ribs’ and ‘cuts’. He is currently recovering and will miss a concert in New Braunfels, Texas, initially set on September 17
The singer was with two other passengers when the trailer veered to its side near the Kentucky state line
Tennessee Highway Patrol, which the vocalist praised for its ‘quick response,’ said in a report that Montgomery’s 2001 Prevost Featherlite bus was on heading south of I-75 when it swerved off-road.
The trailer then overturned after hitting an embankment near the Kentucky border. At the time, only Salyer was wearing a seatbelt, according to USA Today.
Montgomery’s tour bus seems to have come out of the accident heavily wrecked, as the vehicle’s front windows appear to be shattered.
The coach’s interior also looks as if it had flipped, while the trailer’s exterior seems to have been damaged by trees and branches.
Montgomery has more than 30 singles on Billboard country charts and his song ‘Letters from Home’ was ranked at No. 24 on Billboard’s Hot 100 in 2004. Pictured: Montgomery performing during the Kentucky State Fair at Kentucky Exposition Center on August 24, 2022
Montgomery, who is from Danville, Kentucky, recently appeared in Kentucky’s State Fairgrounds’ Texas’ Roadhouse Concert Series last month along with his son, Walker, and Noah Thompson – the winner of American Idol Season 20 in May.
The singer’s brother was Eddie was part of 90’s country rock duo Montgomery Gentry. The group is still active despite the death of Troy Gentry – the other member of the band – who died in a helicopter crash in 2017.
Montgomery has more than 30 singles on Billboard country charts, of which seven have reached number one, including ‘I Swear’, ‘Be My Baby Tonight’, ‘If You’ve Got Love’.
Several of the vocalist’s singles have featured in the Billboard Hot 100 with ‘Letters from Home in 2004’ being ranked the highest at No. 24.