Conner Smith recalls emotional aftermath of 2025 car accident that changed his life

Conner Smith is recalling the emotional aftermath of a fatal 2025 car accident that killed 77-year-old Dorothy Dobbins.

In a new interview with People magazine on Friday, the 35-year-old American singer said that the things he had spent years chasing no longer seem important at all.

"In those moments, you see that every side of your life is on fire," Conner said of the accident, in which Dorothy lost her life after being hit by the singer's Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck as she crossed a crosswalk in Nashville.

"Obviously, I say that with the reality that anything in my world was secondary to the tragedy and what the family was going through," he added.

The Take It Slow crooner found himself at a sudden emotional standstill soon after the fatal accident.

"It was no longer about how many tickets I sell or how many streams a song gets or about whether my songs are respected in the upper echelon of critical acclaim," Conner said.

"It was such a fluke, you know, moment in life and such a tragedy. You can't comprehend it. And those questions will linger. There are never going to be answers to why something that tragic would happen or why I was on that road in that second," he added.

Talking about his mental health, the Creek Will Rise hitmaker said, "I didn't care."

"I didn't care about my career or image or reputation or even how I would ever come back from this. I just really didn't care because it just didn't matter," added Conner.