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Katherine Williams-Dunning, the daughter of country music singer Cheap Newport 100s cigarettes Hank Williams Jr. and his third wife, Mary Jane, died in a car accident in Tennessee on Saturday evening. She was 27.
Tennessee Highway Patrol confirmed to Yahoo Entertainment that Williams-Dunning suffered fatal injuries when the 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe she was driving crashed around 7: 45 p. m. Her husband, Tyler J. Dunning, 29, was in the passenger seat, and was flown to a nearby emergency room with injuries.
Williams-Dunning’s vehicle was traveling south on Highway 79 while towing a boat when it crossed the dividing median of the highway and began a rollover sequence, according to Tennessee Highway Patrol. The vehicle crossed Newport Pleasure the northbound lanes and came to a final rest on the east shoulder of the roadway.
“This is an active investigation and more details will be made available later, ” a Tennessee Highway Patrol spokesman said, according to The Paris Post-Intelligencer.
On his Facebook page, Katherine’s brother, musician Sam Williams, took to social media to request prayers for his family. The page has since been removed.
Williams-Dunning’s 71-year-old father is the son of legendary country star Hank Williams,Newport box 100s cigarettes and is famed for country rock hits like “Wild Streak” and his long-running anthem for Monday Night Football. She was the youngest of Williams’s five children, who include country and punk rock performer Hank Williams III.