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After tragedy canceled Hamilton Heights prom earlier this month, the high school has rescheduled the dance for early June with an outpouring of donations from the community.
Local businesses have donated the venue, the tuxes and more. Without them, the dance wouldn t have happened, said Whitney Gray, Heights assistant principal.
On May 1, Kalen Hart, a Heights senior, and Lendon Byram, a junior at Cathedral High School, died in a car crash in rural northern Hamilton County on their way to Heights prom in Kokomo. Two other teens were in the back seat and had non-life-threatening injuries.
Hamilton Heights canceled prom and related activities and made grief counselors available at the event venue in Kokomo and at the high school. Both the Heights and Cathedral communities spent that weekend remembering and mourning the two teens.
After fatal car crash, Hamilton Heights reschedules prom with help from community MJ Slaby, Indianapolis Star
After tragedy canceled Hamilton Heights prom earlier this month, the high school has rescheduled the dance for early June with an outpouring of donations from the community.
Local businesses have donated the venue, the tuxes and more. Without them, the dance wouldn t have happened, said Whitney Gray, Heights assistant principal.
On May 1, Kalen Hart, a Heights senior, and Lendon Byram, a junior at Cathedral High School, died in a car crash in rural northern Hamilton County on their way to Heights prom in Kokomo. Two other teens were in the back seat and had non-life-threatening injuries.
Two high school students headed to Hamilton Heights prom killed in car crash Arika Herron, Indianapolis Star
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Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly spelled Lendon Byram s name.
Two high school students were on their way to the Hamilton Heights prom Saturday evening when they were killed in a vehicle wreck.
The Hamilton County Sheriff s Office identified the students as Lendon Byram and Kalen Hart. Byram was driving and Hart was the front-seat passenger.
Two other high school-aged passengers in the backseat of the car were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff s Office.
Two high school students headed to Hamilton Heights prom killed in car crash Arika Herron, Indianapolis Star
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Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly spelled Lendon Byram s name.
Two high school students were on their way to the Hamilton Heights prom Saturday evening when they were killed in a vehicle wreck.
The Hamilton County Sheriff s Office identified the students as Lendon Byram and Kalen Hart. Byram was driving and Hart was the front-seat passenger.
Two other high school-aged passengers in the backseat of the car were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff s Office.
Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly spelled Lendon Byram s name.
Two high school students were on their way to the Hamilton Heights prom Saturday evening when they were killed in a vehicle wreck.
The Hamilton County Sheriff s Office identified the students as Lendon Byram and Kalen Hart. Byram was driving and Hart was the front-seat passenger. Two other students in the car were injured.
Hart s Instagram page says she was a member of the Class of 2021 at Hamilton Heights. Byram was a member of the Class of 2022 at Cathedral High School in Indianapolis.
Two other high school-aged passengers in the backseat of the car were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff s Office.