Lea Byers was an American high school graduate of Eastern Junior-Senior High School. ^[1]

She resided in Greentown, Indiana. ^[1] After high school, she attended Indiana University Kokomo.

Byers was in a relationship with Ethan Richman. Friends remember her as always being happy, smiling and ambitious.

On April 3, 2017, Lea and her boyfriend, Ethan, were headed home from a funeral when a wrong-way driver crashed into their car.

Troopers responded to a car crash scene near U.S. 24 and County Road 250 North at about 9:10 p.m. local time in Peru, Indiana.

Authorities found that William Thorn, was going westbound in the eastbound lanes of U.S. 24 in a 2010 Toyota Camry. He collided head-on with a 2003 Mazda Protegé that was traveling eastbound occupied by Lea and Ethan Richman.

All three were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.

They were all wearing seatbelts. The crash impact was too severe for the restraints to prevent their deaths.