A source close to AllHipHop who works with Stone's team confirmed she and nine other band members were involved in the accident while traveling home from Alabama.

Angie Stone, the Grammy-nominated R&B singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1970s as “Angie B” in the hip-hop trio the Sequence, died in a car crash Saturday morning. She was 63. Stone was leaving a performance in Montgomery,

According to ALEA, the van Stone was riding in overturned in a single-vehicle crash about five miles south of Montgomery, then was stuck by a tractor trailer. Eight other people in the van were injured. Birmingham-born actress Barret Swatek has found plenty of success in Hollywood since leaving Alabama.

Angie Stone, the soul singer who rose to fame as a member of pioneering female hip-hop trio the Sequence and later became a cornerstone of the neo-soul movement, died at the age of 63. Stone died in a car crash in Montgomery,

Angie Stone (Angela Laverne Brown) got her big break as a member of The Sequence, which she formed with her high school friends. The hip-hop trio was the first all-female group to get a record deal with the historic Sugar Hill Records. From 1979 to 1985, they released three albums.

Stone was riding in the back of a vehicle that “flipped over and subsequently hit by a big rig,” according to family and friends.

BREAKING: Sadly singer ANGIE STONE has reportedly passed away earlier this morning due to a tragic car accident where her Sprinter van was hit by an 18 wheeler truck causing it to flip 3 times. We send our prayers and condolences to her family & friends. #RIP 🕊️😢🙏🏾

Angie Stone, neo-soul singer and member of the pioneering all-female hip-hop group the Sequence, has died at ... the previous night in Montgomery, Alabama; Stone was scheduled to perform in ...

Stone had two No. 1s on the Adult R&B Airplay chart and one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and was nominated for three Grammys.

Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone, a member of the all-female hip-hop trio The Sequence and known for the hit song “Wish I Didn’t Miss You,” was killed early Saturday in a car crash.

R&B singer Angie Stone was killed in a crash on Interstate 65 in Montgomery County early Saturday morning, her manager confirmed to WSFA 12 News.