{"id":45497,"date":"2026-08-15T00:30:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T19:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=45497"},"modified":"2026-08-15T00:30:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T19:30:31","slug":"country-star-colt-ford-breaks-silence-after-tour-bus-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=45497","title":{"rendered":"Country Star Colt Ford Breaks Silence After Tour Bus Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Country star <strong>Colt Ford<\/strong> is speaking out after he was rescued following a brutal crash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne minute you\u2019re headed to Germany for a show and prepping for a single release the next thing you know your bus is in the ditch and you\u2019re getting pulled through a windshield with a broken shoulder by first responders,\u201d Ford, 56, wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, August 12.<\/p>\n<p>Ford shared a photo of the bus in a ditch with a destroyed windshield. \u201cThe crew is a little banged up but we\u2019re all still here,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The musician<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/country-singer-colt-ford-fell-over-dead-after-having-a-heart-attack\/\"> didn\u2019t offer more details<\/a> on the crash or where it took place. According to his tour schedule, Ford has a show on Saturday, August 15, at Tailgate X in Ballenstedt, central Germany, which is about 100 miles away from Berlin.<\/p>\n<p>Ford received an outpouring of support from his fellow country artists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile I am so relieved you\u2019re alive, I am so sorry for all of this brother,\u201d <strong>Meghan Patrick<\/strong> wrote. \u201cYou\u2019ve had more than your share of hard times and <strong>Mitchell [Tenpenny]<\/strong> and I are praying for you. Here to help any way we can, love you buddy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jake Owen<\/strong>, meanwhile, replied: \u201cGlad yall are okay dude. You have endured some life. Love ya.\u201d Elsewhere in the comments section, <strong>Tracy Byrd<\/strong> wished Ford well, writing, \u201cDang, brother. Glad y\u2019all are OK, but a broken shoulder, not the break you needed. Prayers for a quick recovery, hang in there, bud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ford is next scheduled to return to the U.S. for a concert on Wednesday, August 19, at the Iowa State Fairgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>The bus crash comes two years after Ford <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/stars-injured-on-set-broken-bones-torn-tendons-and-lightning-strikes\/\">suffered a heart attack<\/a> during a 2024 performance. At the time, Ford went into cardiac arrest twice, underwent 10 hours of surgery and spent eight days in a medically induced coma.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t have been anymore on death\u2019s door. I died twice that day,\u201d Ford told Mayo Clinic in 2025. \u201cWhen one of the top heart doctors in the world looks at you and goes, \u2018You\u2019re 1 percent of 1 percent,\u2019 it can\u2019t get more dire than that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ford didn\u2019t remember performing in Arizona before the heart attack. He said he had recollection of walking back to his tour bus, which is where he was later found amid his health crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI woke up eight days later, and I couldn\u2019t pick up a cup with ice in it and feed it to myself,\u201d he added at the time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>After recovering from his heart attack, Ford <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-body\/pictures\/celebs-shocking-weight-loss-2014304\/\">changed his diet and lost<\/a> more than 60 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve changed everything. If I go by Whataburger, I\u2019ll eat a grilled chicken sandwich,\u201d he told People in 2025. \u201cI don\u2019t do all the fries and stuff. McDonald\u2019s used to be my s*** and I loved it, but I haven\u2019t even craved it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cI look good and I feel good. I\u2019m feeling like it\u2019s my Rocky comeback moment. God has more for me to do. 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