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Hardy Gives First Full Account of 2022 Tour Bus Crash on Rolling Stone Podcast

He attributes the wreck to a driver medical emergency, describing severe injuries with lasting psychological fallout.

Overview

  • The country singer recounts the incident in depth on Rolling Stone's Nashville Now podcast, offering his most detailed public narrative yet.
  • He says the bus driver experienced either an aneurysm or a seizure shortly after a brief stop, causing the vehicle to leave the road and flip three times.
  • All four onboard — Hardy, his photographer, the tour manager and the driver — were knocked unconscious and seriously injured but survived.
  • Hardy describes fracturing his back and suffering a deep head wound, saying the bus's position left him within a foot of being decapitated.
  • After crawling out and failing to flag down help from the highway, he later sought therapy as panic attacks tied to the crash disrupted touring; no new official findings are reported beyond his account.