... He's OK!!!! A bus transporting three people involved with Kenny Chesney’s Poets & Pirates Tour was involved in an accident Wednesday that sent a woman to a hospital in Jackson, Miss.
Kenny was not on the bus when the wreck occurred near the juncture of Interstate 220 and Interstate 55 near Ridgeland, according to The Thibodaux Daily Comet. Neither the driver nor the two concert technicians aboard the bus were injured. The bus was on its way to New Orleans, where Kenny is slated to perform Thursday with opening act LeAnn Rimes.
The incident came just two days after Kenny had worked out with New Orleans’ NFL team, the Saints, in Jackson. Kenny caught some passes and practiced as a punt returner, taking the field alongside quarterback Drew Brees, tight end Jeremy Shockey and running back Reggie Bush. It was the equivalent of a fantasy camp for Kenny, who played football when he attended high school.
"When you grow up in East Tennessee, like a lot of places, sports is everything," he says. "I quit growing too young to ever think about getting to have a shot at playing even in college, so this is about the most fun I can have."