Weezer singer hurt in bus crash

Reuters

SORE RIBS: Rivers Cuomo suffered injuries in a bus crash.

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The lead singer of alternative rock band Weezer suffered minor injuries when the group's tour bus hit some ice, skidded across the New York State Thruway, struck a guide rail and slid into a ditch early Sunday morning.

Rivers Cuomo and the band's assistant, identified as Sarah Kim, were taken to a local hospital following the accident in the upstate New York town of Glen, about 64 kilometres west of Albany, police said.

Kim also suffered minor injuries. 

Cuomo's wife and two-year-old daughter also were on the bus when it left the road, but the two were unhurt. They were travelling east to Boston, Massachusetts, where the band was scheduled to perform on Monday. 

About 7.22am the vehicle struck ice and the driver lost control, police said. The vehicle mounted the median, then swerved back across the eastbound lands, rammed a guide rail on the right shoulder and crashed into a ditch alongside the roadway, police said. 

Cuomo and Kim were transported by ambulance to St Mary's Hospital in Amsterdam, New York. 

Patrick Wilson, the band's drummer, posted an entry about the accident on his Twitter feed hours after the crash. 

"It was perfect conditions for black ice," Wilson said. "Got loose going towards the meridian, driver saves it but bus goes thru guardrail into 6ft ditch." 

It was not immediately clear if Wilson was also on the bus, and the group cancelled several upcoming tour dates. 

The band's official blogger and agent did not immediately respond to emails or phone messages requesting comment on Sunday afternoon.

Formed in Los Angeles in 1992, Weezer had a handful of hits two years later with the songs Undone - The Sweater Song, Buddy Holly and Say It Ain't So.

The band released its seventh studio album, Raditude, in November.