Montgomery - US singer Angie Stone (†63) has died in a tragic traffic accident on the way to her concert.

On Saturday morning, the 63-year-old wowed the audience during her performance at a "Mardi Gras" party in the city of Mobile in the US state of Alabama.

"Angie's performance at the Grand Marshal's Ball 2025 was nothing short of phenomenal," the organizers wrote in their mourning statement a short time later. Because what the "Wish I Didn't Miss You" singer couldn't have known there: It was to be her very last performance.

With a total of nine companions, backup singers and crew members, Stone got into a minivan after her performance and set off for her next concert in Baltimore. However, she never arrived there, according toTMZ magazine.

On the way, on an interstate highway shortly before the city of Montgomery, the fully occupied vehicle was involved in an accident for an as yet unexplained reason. Video footage from the US magazine shows the wreck lying completely destroyed on a grass verge between the opposite carriageways.

Eight of the nine occupants were injured as a result of the crash, and one person did not survive: Angie Stone, who made hip-hop history in the 80s as a member of the all-female band "The Sequence" and landed a mega-hit with "Funk You Up", succumbed to her injuries.

A spokeswoman for the late singer explained that family members and friends were devastated by the sad news. Angie Stone was a mother of two and leaves behind a daughter and a son.