Leah Jan Tingey and her son Nyals Bodine died at the scene of the crash on U.S. Highway 30 in Idaho, according to Idaho State Police. They say Jan’s husband, Jeff Tingey, was also in the car and was transported to Portneuf Medical Center. They were hit by an 18-year-old driver from Idaho Falls.
Jan was an elementary school teacher for the Cache County School District for nearly thirty years.
The deaths come only a year after Jan lost her daughter, Amanda Bodine Hoyt, to a murder-suicide on Feb. 7, 2015. Police allege Amanda was killed by her boyfriend, Christian Emerson, in a car crash.
Amanda’s death came nine months after she received a double organ transplant to treat her lifelong battle with diabetes.