Family of Cajun singer and songwriter speak out about near-death experience [Video]

SCOTT, La. (KLFY) – Last month, Cajun singer and songwriter, Johnny Sonnier, was involved in a freak accident that nearly took his life.

While working on a vehicle that was on a ramp, Johnny says the ramp gave away, and the vehicle fell, trapping Johnny underneath the car between the tire and boards. Johnny says he passed out after being smothered by the car. “I laid down and I got underneath. When I went to put the cable back it jumped out of gear, out of park and rolled back on top of me,” said Sonnier. That’s what broke my nose and smothered me because I couldn’t breathe.”

Johnny’s son, Nicholas Brasseaux, says he was working on the front of the car when he says he saw his father was trapped underneath, and tried to help him get from under it. “I was in the front and when it shifted out of gear it …