Country music star Colt Ford has been involved in an accident en route to a show in Germany.
The 56-year-old had to be "pulled through a windshield" by first responders after his tour bus crashed into a grassy ditch on the side of a road, he revealed on Wednesday, August 12.
Thankfully, no fatalities were reported, but Colt and his crew didn't escape unscathed, as he revealed he had a "broken shoulder" and his fellow bus mates were a "little banged up."
"One minute you're headed to Germany for a show and prepping for single release the next thing you know your Bus is in the ditch and you're getting pulled through a windshield with a broken shoulder by First Responders," he wrote on Instagram.
"The crew is a little banged up but we're all still here," he added, alongside a photo of the wrecked bus with its shattered windscreen and heavily smashed front bumper and wheels.
Colt's fans and fellow country artists were quick to send their well-wishes and thanks that his injuries weren't worse.
© Instagram"Dang, brother. Glad y'all are OK, but a broken shoulder, not the break you needed. Prayers for a quick recovery, hang in there, bud," country star Tracy Byrd commented.
Fellow country musician Drew Baldridge said: "Dang, man. So glad y'all are OK." Jake Owen added: "Glad y'all are OK, dude. You have endured some life. Love ya."
© Getty ImagesColt's health history
Colt's accident comes just over two years after he suffered a near-fatal heart attack and was declared clinically dead three times after performing a show at Dierks Bentley's Whiskey Row in Arizona.
Recalling the "traumatic" experience weeks after, Colt said: "It's just been a traumatic, crazy experience, guys. I don't even remember coming out here to do a show in Phoenix. I died three times.
"Luckily, my band came out to check on me…they came out to check on me, and then all of a sudden they were like, 'Oh God,' and then that is when all hell broke loose."
© Getty ImagesHe continued: "This Mayo Clinic out here in Phoenix, if it was going to happen, God could not have had me in a better place.
"The big doc out here said, 'I wouldn't give me 1%, but I give you 0.1% that you'd survive.' They brought me back. They saved my life. The Lord had more for me to do."
Colt underwent 20 hours of surgery and was back on the road a year later, in 2025, but he suffered "crazy anxiety and nerves" returning to tour.
"The first time I went to get back on the bus I started to step on it and I was like, 'Wait, oh, last time I was on here y'all carried me off here dead,'" he said on the Try That In A Small Town podcast.
© Getty Images"So a lot of things like that you don't think about until they're back in the situation. I don't even sit where I used to sit in my bus anymore because that's where I was sitting when it happened."
His current tour is due to stop at Tailgate X in Ballenstedt, Germany, on Saturday, August 15, before returning to the United States for a show at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on August 19.
At the time of writing, it is unclear whether those shows will be impacted by Colt's injuries and the bus crash.
