Country Singer Conner Smith Kills Elderly Woman in Crosswalk During Car Accident, Per Police
Conner Smith is speaking out on his involvement in a deadly car accident.
The country singer issued his first public statement on the death of Dorothy Dobbins, a 77-year-old woman whom he struck and killed with his truck in Nashville June 8 as she was crossing a street.
“Four weeks ago, I was involved in a tragic vehicle accident that resulted in the loss of a life,” Smith wrote on Instagram July 11. “Not a day has gone by that I haven’t grieved, prayed, and mourned for Ms. Dobbins and her family.”
“My heart is broken in a way I’ve never experienced, and I still struggle to fully process the weight of it all,” he continued. “I ask that you continue to lift the Dobbins family up in prayer by name, asking for God’s peace to surround them each day.”
The 24-year-old also addressed his decision to cancel multiple performances in Ohio in the wake of the accident, explaining he wanted to “give space for grieving.”