When he finally gained consciousness, he found his godmother, June Carter Cash, and her husband, Johnny, in his hospital room.
"When I fell, there were only two people I saw when I woke up in the hospital bed, and that was Johnny and June," Williams told Rolling Stone in 2015.
Hank Williams Jr now keeps a beard and wears glasses to hide the scars on his face. (Photo: Instagram)
"June put a cross on me and told me it was all going to be OK. I never knew if I would sing again or not, talk again or not, let alone think about what I was going to look like. It was a scary time."
Williams' mother, Audrey, a close friend of Cash, also flew from Nashville to Montana to be by her son's side.
"It's just a miracle the boy is living, but he's young and he's tough," she told The Tennessean a month after the accident. "It was just God's will for him to live."
Sadly, Audrey passed away less than three months after her son's accident at the age of 52. She had been facing financial struggles, and her home had been seized by the IRS for failure to pay taxes, but her son's near-death experience reportedly weighed heaviest on her.
In all those situations, Williams remained tough; and later, after two years and multiple surgeries, he came out of the hospital healthy.
Fast forward to the present, and the musician is regarded as a blend of Southern rock, blues, and country.
On August 12, 2020, he was also selected to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
As for the scars on his face, he chooses to keep a long beard and wears glasses to hide them from the media and fans.
