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We have some very sad and disturbing news to pass along:

Country artist Conner Smith was involved in a fatal car accident in Nashville over the weekend, as he reportedly struck and killed a woman walking in a crosswalk.

According to a press release from the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, the singer was behind the wheel of a pickup truck on June 8 when the incident occurred.

The 77-year-old victim — identified as Dorothy Dobbins — appeared to be walking inside a marked crosswalk when the accident took place.

She was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and pronounced dead not long after.

“The preliminary contributing factor for this crash appears to be Smith failing to yield the right of way to the pedestrian,” the press release reads. “

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