The musician, who served as an original bassist and vocalist of the group formerly known as the Dixie Chicks, died in a head-on collision Friday on a highway in Hudspeth County,
According to a release from the Texas Department of Public Safety, Lynch was pronounced dead at the scene of the Friday crash, which took place on Highway 62 around 5:45 p.m. MST. Lynch was traveling eastbound on the highway as another driver — traveling westbound — attempted to pass a vehicle on a "two-way undivided portion" of the road, striking Lynch's vehicle head on.