<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"Kris Allen&amp;apos;s Jan. 1 car accident has given new meaning to his upcoming Out Alive tour.\r\n\r\nThe American Idol winner, 27, was involved in a gnarly head-on collision New Year&amp;apos;s Day, and from the looks of the photo he posted of his smashed-up Ford truck on Instagram, he&amp;apos;s lucky to have walked away from the wreck with just a broken wrist.\r\n\r\nThat said, it appears to have been a fairly nasty break. On Wednesday, Jan. 3, two days after the crash, the &amp;quot;Live Like We&amp;apos;re Dying&amp;quot; singer announced that he was preparing to go under the knife as a result of the injury.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Getting ready for surgery tomorrow morning,&amp;quot; he tweeted. &amp;quot;Gonna get this hand back to 100% no matter what it takes.&amp;quot;\r\nAllen&amp;apos;s determination is no doubt fueled at least in part by his upcoming tour, which was scheduled to kick off in Vermont on Tuesday, Jan. 8. &amp;quot;Don&amp;apos;t worry everyone,&amp;quot; he assured his followers on Twitter. &amp;quot;I may have broken my wrist but the Out Alive tour is still on.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe musician had some other good news to share with fans, too: He and his wife of four years, Katy, are expecting their first child.\r\n&amp;quot;Thank you, Ford, for equipping me with a car that kept my whole family and the little one we have on the way safe,&amp;quot; he wrote after the accident. &amp;quot;Yes, I got in a really bad wreck tonight, and yes, I&amp;apos;m having a lil baby.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/kris-allen-undergoing-surgery-after-car-accident-201341>