Dottie Rambo, a Gospel music legend, died in an accident, when the bus she was in ran off the highway and struck an embankment in Missouri. (File Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    BEIJING, May 9 (Xinhuanet) -- Dottie Rambo, a Gospel music legend, died in an accident, when the bus she was in ran off the highway and struck an embankment in Missouri.

    Rambo, 74, was on her way early Sunday morning to a Mother's Day performance in Texas, according to her website Monday.

    Seven other people on the bus were injured, which occurred about two miles east of Mount Vernon on Interstate 44, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. They were sent to hospital in Springfield with moderate to severe injuries.

    It was not clear whether the accident was weather-related. Severe storms and tornadoes hit the region on Saturday, killing 14 people.

    As a famous singer and songwriter, Rambo was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame last year and the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame in 2006.

    Rambo has published more than 2,500 songs, including gospel classics such as "He Looked Beyond My Fault and Saw My Need" and the 1982 Gospel Music Association Song of the Year, "We Shall Behold Him."

    (Agencies)