The Voice winner Jason “Sundance” Head is breaking his silence on the accident that nearly killed him. Sundance, a country singer who won the NBC singing competition series in 2016, released a video statement via Facebook on Monday, November 18, several days after his 22 gun went off and fired a bullet into his “navel area.” He was by his car at the time and airlifted to the hospital.
“I wanted to come on and tell you guys that I’m still alive, thankfully,” Sundance stated to his fans. “Thanks to the good Lord above and the wonderful first responders as well as the trauma team at [The University of Texas at Tyler]. They did a wonderful job and they really did keep me alive.
I was sure that I was gonna die. It was one of the craziest things that ever happened to me.” He explained that he would “elaborate on this more,” ostensibly at a later date.
“I’ve got a wonderful story to tell you about this,” he said, managing a laugh before adding, “If there’s any such thing as being shocked and coming out with some kind of positive thing.” On Friday, November 15, Sundance’s wife, Misty , took to Facebook to explain what happened to her husband. “It was not his hunting rifle and no nobody shot him,” she wrote in a status update.
“He was out of the vehicle reaching in to grab his 22 when he grabbed it the 22 came out of its holster and hit the exterior of the Jeep just right and went off.” She continued, “Sundance said it happened so fast and.