Laura Lynch Killed in Hudspeth County Two-Vehicle Crash on US Highway 62

Hudspeth County, Texas – A woman, who was the founding member of The Dixie Chicks, was killed Friday night in a head-on collision in Hudspeth County, according to the Texas DPS.

The fatal crash happened around 5:45 p.m., December 22, on U.S. Highway 62, about 25 miles west of Dell City and about 8 miles west of Cornudas.

DPS said a pickup truck was traveling westbound when the driver tried to pass another vehicle along a two-way undivided portion of the highway. The truck then collided head-on with another pickup truck driven by Laura Caroline Lynch, 65, of Fort Worth.

Lynch was pronounced dead at the scene. She was a founding member of The Dixie Chicks musical group. The band has since been renamed The Chicks.

The other pickup caught fire and the driver was taken to an El Paso hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The crash shut down the highway until 1:00 a.m., December 23.

The crash remains under investigation.

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