Rockers Weezer have cancelled the rest of their December tour dates after the band’s frontman, Rivers Cuomo, nearly escaped death when his tourbus hit a patch of ice and skidded off the New York State Thurway early Sunday.

The singer suffered three cracked ribs after the vehicle crashed into a ravine on the way to a show at Boston University’s Agganis Arena in Massachusetts on Sunday. Rivers was also traveling with his wife, two-year-old daughter, and nanny, who escaped unharmed.

Emergency crews were forced to break into the bus to rescue Cuomo, who was trapped in the wreckage and could not move or speak because of his injuries. He was transported to St. Mary’s Hospital in Amsterdam, New York, and has since been transferred to another medical center, where he remains under observation. His assistant Sarah sustained two fractured ribs and a fractured lower vertebrae.

Late Sunday, a spokesperson for the band took to their Official MySpace Page to write up a detailed account of the accident.

“Rivers was tossed around violently, waking up as he landed back on his mattress. He recalled not hitting anything, but later we learned that he must have, as he cracked 3 ribs and sustained some mostly minor but very painful internal damage, as well as hurting his lower leg somehow,” the rep writes.

“The interior of the bus was a chaotic mess with broken glass, food and clothing items strewn everywhere, as well as the refrigerator flying off the wall and many drawers coming right out of their slots. On top of it the sliding interior doors were fused shut and the bus’s electronics were ruined, so no one could get into the back lounge where Rivers lay immobile and unable to speak due to the pain in his ribcage……”