The musician, who played bass and sang with the influential all-women country music band from 1989-93, was pronounced deceased on the scene.
Laura Lynch, a founding member of the Dixie Chicks — now known as The Chicks — died Friday in a car crash in El Paso, Texas. She was 65 years old.
The Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed Lynch’s death in a statement to NPR.
The musician, who played bass and sang with the influential all-women country music band for four years from its inception in 1989, was traveling eastbound on US 62 when her car, a 2016 Ford F-150, was struck head-on by another vehicle.
