PARIS, Tenn. The 27-year-old daughter of country singer Hank Williams Jr. was killed in a highway accident in Tennessee, police said.
Katherine Williams-Dunning of Springville was the driver of an SUV that was towing a boat when it crossed the median and rolled over Saturday night on U.S. Route 79 northeast of Paris, said Tennessee Highway Patrol spokesman Lt. Brad Wilbanks.
In a Facebook post, Williams-Dunning's brother, Sam Williams asked for prayers for his sister and brother-in-law.
Country star Travis Tritt wrote on Twitter that the news was heartbreaking.My family and I knew Katie ever since she was a kid," Tritt said.
I cannot even imagine what Hank, Mary Jane and the rest of the Williams family are going through right now.Wilbanks said the accident remains under investigation.