The daughter of country music legend Hank Williams Jr. died in a one-vehicle crash Saturday night near Paris, Tennessee.
WSMV reported: Katherine Williams-Dunning, 27, the daughter of Country Music legend Hank Williams, Jr., was driving a 2007 Chevy Tahoe southbound on U.S. Highway 79, towing a boat when it crossed the dividing median of the highway and began a rollover sequence.
The vehicle crossed into the northbound lanes and came to a stop on the east shoulder of the roadway.
Williams-Dunning was pronounced dead a short time later.
29-year-old Tyler J. Dunning, her husband, was taken to a hospital via helicopter. The extent of his injuries were not immediately known.
Williams-Dunning’s sister, Holly wrote on Instagram: “I have no words. On Friday morning I talked the family into taking this picture and had no idea it would be our last together with my precious little sister Katie,” the caption read. “We all went to my great aunts funeral on Thursday whom we all loved dearly, and now are faced with another one. ALL we need is prayers. My daddy. My little brother. Katie’s husband (he is awake and responding don’t know injury extent yet). My niece and nephew. Her Mama. The Dunning family. All of us. So. Many. Prayers. Jesus is close. Thank you all.”
The investigation into the crash is being led by the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
