Indiana schoolboy chokes up as he recalls surviving prom night crash that killed his friend, 18, and her high school sweetheart
Jaxon Smith had to stop to collect himself as he recalled Saturday s deadly crash while en route to his high school prom in Arcadia, Indiana
Smith suffered a concussion, a cut on his upper lip and a possible tear to his right rotator cuff as a result
His girlfriend, who was not named, was with him in the back seat, and also survived the smash
But Smith s longtime friend Kalen Hart, 18, and her boyfriend Lendon Byram, both died when an SUV T-boned Byram s Honda
Indiana high school sweethearts are killed in car crash on their way to prom: Girl s mom writes on Facebook: I didn t even get to see my baby girl in her dress
Kalen Hart, 18, and her boyfriend Lendon Byram died after another vehicle crashed into them in Arcadia, 40 miles north of Indianapolis, on Saturday night
The couple were on their way to Hart s senior prom at Hamilton Heights High School at the time
Her boyfriend, who was driving at the time, was a junior at Cathedral High School in Indianapolis
Two other students who were in the back seat of the car were hospitalized with injuries that weren t life-threatening
Two students, 18, killed in horror car crash as they drove to prom together
Lendon Byram and his girlfriend Kalen Hart, both 18, tragically died following the two-vehicle smash as they drove to their prom together at Cathedral High School in the US state of Indiana
20:57, 3 MAY 2021
Lendon Byram and Kalen Hart both died in the incident (Image: Facebook)
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Lendon Byram and Kalen Hart Indiana teen couple killed en route to Hamilton Heights HS prom in two car crash. Image taken hours before crash. Image via Facebook.
Lendon Byram and Kalen Hart Indiana teen couple killed en route to Hamilton Heights HS prom in two car crash. Image via Facebook.
Lendon Byram and Kalen Hart Indiana teen couple en route to Hamilton Heights HS prom killed in two car crash. Accident remains under investigation.
What should have been one of the most memorable evenings in their lives and a rite of passage turned out to tragedy for family, friends and fellow classmates…