Laura Lynch, a founding member of the Dixie Chicks band, has died in a Texas car crash, officials confirmed.
Lynch, 65, was killed instantly in a head-on collision Friday by an oncoming car attempting to pass another on an undivided highway near El Paso, Sgt. Eliot Torres of the Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the other vehicle was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said, noting its investigation of the accident is ongoing.
