Aftermath of Dixie Chicks’ Laura Lynch’s fatal crash revealed in grim video showing burned, mangled car
nypost.comfatal crash that killed Laura Lynch, a founding member of the Dixie Chicks, in a head-on car crash in Texas.The 65-year-old musician died instantly when her Ford F-150 was struck when a westbound truck entered her eastbound lane attempting to pass two cars on the highway just outside of El Paso on Friday afternoon.Smoke started billowing from Lynch’s car, causing a driver who had stopped behind the crash to cut the country star’s seatbelt and remove her from the vehicle, explained @mavmoto182 in a video posted to TikTok.The driver of the other vehicle was rushed to a hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries, while Lynch was declared dead at the scene.The Texas Department of Public Safety later confirmed the star’s death.
According to her cousin Mick Lynch, she was driving from El Paso to Dell City. In the disturbing new video, which shows the devastating aftermath of the accident, two cars can be seen badly mangled and charred after apparently being on fire.Lynch founded the Dixie Chicks, now known as just the Chicks, in 1988 with Robin Lynn Macy and two sisters, Emily Strayer and Martie Maguire.Lynch originally played upright bass for the wildly popular country group and provided lead vocals on the band’s first two albums: “Thank Heavens for Dale Evans” in 1990 and “Little Ol’ Cowgirl” in 1992.“Our brand of cowgirl music is a mixture of old-time country music, bluegrass music, acoustic,” she told NPR in 1992. “We all sing three-part and four-part harmony.
We throw in some instrumentals, some country swing. That’s our brand of cowgirl music.”Three years later she was replaced by Natalie Maines in 1995.In a statement posted to Instagram by the band, current members Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire, and Emily Strayer paid.
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