Founding Dixie Chicks member Laura Lynch killed in car crash in Texas

Laura Lynch, founding member of The Chicks, dies at 65 in Texas car crash

Laura Lynch, an establishing individual from the Dixie Chicks — presently known as The Chicks — kicked the bucket Friday in an auto collision in El Paso, Texas. She was 65 years of age.

The Texas Division of Public Wellbeing affirmed Lynch's demise in an explanation to NPR.

The performer, who played bass and sang with the persuasive all-ladies down home music band for quite a long time from its commencement in 1989, was voyaging eastward on US 62 when her vehicle, a 2016 Portage F-150, was struck head-on by another vehicle. She was articulated departed on the scene by an equity of the harmony.

The other driver was moved to a close by clinic with non-perilous wounds.

Chicks individuals Emily Strayer, Martie Maguire and Natalie Maines presented a recognition on Lynch on their Instagram channel, communicating shock and misery at the news.

"Laura was a splendid light. Her irresistible enthusiasm and humor gave a flash to the beginning of our band," it said, "Our contemplations are with her family and friends and family at this miserable time."

The division of security said the examination is progressing. The Chicks' agents didn't answer NPR's solicitation for input.

Lynch helped to establish the gathering in 1989 with sisters Maguire and Strayer (née Erwin), and left the gathering in the wake of keep three collections in 1993. She was supplanted by Maines. At first the gathering's bass player, she began singing with the band following the takeoff of its unique entertainer, Robin Lynn Macy, in 1992.