Founding Dixie Chicks member killed in head-on car crash in Texas

Laura Lynch, a founding member of The Dixie Chicks, has been killed in a head-on car crash in Texas.

The 64-year-old musician died instantly after another car slammed into her vehicle as it was trying to overtake on a highway outside of El Paso Friday afternoon, TMZ reports.

The driver of the other vehicle was rushed to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, while Lynch was declared dead at the scene.

Lynch co-founded The Dixie Chicks alongside Robin Lynn Macy, Martie Erwin and Emily Erwin back in 1990.

The Texan-born songstress recorded three albums with the band before leaving in 1993.

She was replaced by Natalie Maines in 1995.

Lynch originally played upright bass for the wildly popular country group, before providing lead vocals on their third album, “Shouldn’t a Told You That.”