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Comedian Bert Kreischer spoke about a recent bus incident in a clip shared on his Instagram story on Monday morning (March 16).
Kreischer, 53, said “we had a blowout on our tire,” after leaving a tour stop in Fargo, North Dakota. Hours later, he and others evacuated the bus and joined crew buses to continue heading to the next tour destination in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Kreischer shared a photo of the bus on Instagram on Sunday (March 15).
Kreischer said on “Saturday night [March 14], we left Fargo around 11, and about an hour outside Fargo, we had a blowout on our tire. Front right tire just ripped totally off the rim. Both bus drivers said they’d never seen anything like it in their 35 years. We waited for a couple hours and then we ditched the bus and we got on crew buses and drove into Cedar Rapids. That morning [Sunday, March 15], our bus caught on fire on the road in between Fargo and Cedar Rapids. Everyone’s fine. The bus driver, Dewy, he got out in time. He said literally the fire started and within 15 seconds, the whole front cabin was in flames. Here’s the good thing to know: Had we slept on that bus, we all would’ve been trapped in the back, and we’d all be dead… So, it was a blessing that we had a blowout. It was a blessing. So, today, frustrated as you may get, realize everything is a blessing. God works in mysterious ways.”
Rob Greenwald, a representative for the comedian, confirmed to TMZ that the driver pulled the tour bus over on Interstate 94 in the midst of a snowstorm, and waited with the vehicle for a replacement tire while Kreischer and others were picked up on crew buses. The driver “heard a loud popping sound coming from the front roof area,” TMZ reports, per Greenwald, and the vehicle caught ablaze seconds later. Kreischer told PEOPLE, “it was a fluke accident. we hit nothing, and it was no fault of the driver’s. …Me, the other comedians, my assistant and my trainer are all very lucky.”