The Montgomery Gentry star broke the sad news to fans on Sunday (27Sep15), revealing the teen had been on life support in a Kentucky hospital after a recent accident.

A statement released to People.com on Sunday reads, "My son Hunter went to heaven today. I appreciate all your prayers and love and thank you for giving us privacy as we grieve and say goodbye."

No further details about the incident which led to Hunter Montgomery's hospitalisation have been revealed.

It's the latest personal setback for the Roll With Me hitmaker - he successfully battled prostate cancer in 2010, while he divorced Hunter's mother, Tracy, in the same year. The former couple had four children together.

Montgomery also filed for bankruptcy in early 2014, before marrying longterm girlfriend Jennifer Belcher that April (14).