Rivers Cuomo, 40, complained of rib pain and was transferred, along with one other passenger, to St. Mary's Hospital in Amsterdam, New York.
Cuomo's wife, daughter, and a fifth passenger on the bus were uninjured. The bus was traveling from Toronto, Ontario, to Boston, Massachusetts, for a show Monday night at the Agganis Arena at Boston University.
The accident occurred shortly after 7:30 a.m. Sunday, while the bus was traveling eastbound on the New York State Thruway near the city of Amsterdam, according to Sgt. Brian Dollard with the New York State Police.
The driver said the back end of the bus slid on ice, then went into the median and hit some reflective posts before crossing back over the highway, going over the guardrail and landing in a ditch.
It had snowed about two inches overnight, police said. The roads were generally wet Sunday morning, but not covered in snow, Dollard said.
Police said they do not suspect drugs or alcohol were a factor in the accident.
The vehicle is a 2009 Prevost tour bus registered to Night Train Coach Inc., out of Tennessee.
Update: 12/8/09 Weezer has cancelled the rest of its December tour after the lead singer was injured in a bus crash in New York.
Rivers Cuomo and band assistant Sarah Kim suffered minor injuries when the group's tour bus skidded on ice, struck a guide rail and slid into a ditch Sunday morning.
Cuomo and Kim were hospitalized after the accident in the upstate New York town of Glen. That's about 64 kilometres west of Albany. They were travelling from Toronto to a show in Boston.
Cuomo's condition isn't clear.
A message on the band's website says Weezer is cancelling the rest of its Raditude tour and will try to reschedule those dates.
Calls and emails to publicist Jim Merlis weren't immediately returned Monday.
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