According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the crash happened Friday around 5:45 p.m. just outside of El Paso.
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Investigators say Lynch was driving on a two-way highway, heading eastbound, when the driver of a Dodge Ram, heading westbound, attempted to pass another vehicle. As the driver traveled onto the oncoming lane, they crashed into Lynch's vehicle head-on, authorities said.
Lynch's vehicle came to a stop and "was inoperable," authorities said. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the Dodge Ram was rushed to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. According to Texas DPS, Lynch was not wearing a seatbelt.
The band - now known as just The Chicks - posted a statement on its official X account calling the artist "a bright light."
Lynch, an upright-bass player, founded The Dixie Chicks alongside three other women in 1989, according to the band's biography on Country Music Television's website.
Lynch left the country-music band in the mid-1990s shortly before they broke through to larger commercial success.
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In June 2020, the band dropped "Dixie" from its name over concerns that the word had negative associations with the South's racial history.
This is a developing story. This article will continue to be updated as more information becomes available.