Katherine Williams-Dunning, the daughter of legendary country music singer Hank Williams Jr., died in a car crash on Saturday night.
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A Tennessee Highway Patrol spokesperson confirmed the news to PEOPLE, explaining that Williams-Dunning was driving the vehicle, which was towing a boat, when it crossed the highway median and flipped over.
Her husband Tyler Dunning, 29, was a passenger in the vehicle and is currently at a nearby hospital.
Williams-Dunning’s sister, Holly Williams, confirmed the traumatic news 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,” she captioned a post of a family photo “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 ??❤️ ” she added.
Saturday night, her brother Sam Williams asked for prayers for Williams-Dunning and her husband: “My sister and brother in law have been In a terrible accident. Please pray for them so hard! Katie Williams and Tyler Dunning.”
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