Katherine Williams-Dunning, the daughter of country music legend Hank Williams Jr., died in a car crash Saturday night in Tennessee. She was 27 years old.
Williams-Dunning was driving a 2007 Chevy Tahoe southbound on a highway while towing a boat in Henry County, Tennessee, the state’s Department of Safety and Homeland Security Communications Director, Wes Moster, told CBS News in an email. Williams-Dunning’s husband, 29-year-old Tyler Dunning, was a passenger in the vehicle.
The SUV crossed the dividing median of the highway and “began a rollover sequence.” The car then crossed the northbound lanes before coming to a stop on the shoulder of the road.
Dunning was flown by air to an emergency room. His current condition was not provided by authorities. Williams-Dunning was listed as fatally injured in the preliminary case information provided.
The investigation into the crash is ongoing, authorities said.
The pair were married in October 2015, Entertainment Tonight reports. They had two children together, son Beau, 5, and daughter Audrey, 2.
Katherine owned the small clothing brand Weston Jane, according to her Instagram bio. The company is centered around the mission of, “moms supporting moms and women supporting women,” according to its Shopify site.
