Driver sentenced for crash that killed Dixie Chicks founder Laura Lynch

An El Paso County man was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter in a head-on collision that killed Laura Lynch, an advocate for Dell City and one of the founding members of the Dixie Chicks.

Domenick Chavez, 33, as part of a plea agreement, admitted that he was driving recklessly, causing the head-on wreck that killed Lynch, 65, on U.S. Highway 62/180 near Cornudas in Hudspeth County on Dec. 22, 2023, the El Paso District Attorney’s Office said in a news release on Tuesday, Feb. 24.

El Paso District Attorney’s Office also covers neighboring Hudspeth and Culberson counties…

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