HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) – A cyclist traveling across the country with four Yale classmates was hit by a car and killed Sunday on U.S. 60 in Henderson County, police said.

Rachel Speight, 21, of Houston, Texas, lost control of her bicycle in the westbound lane of the highway, crossed the center line and collided head-on with an eastbound car driven by Kathy Foster, 40, of Henderson, police said.

The accident occurred about 10:35 a.m. CDT, police said.

The impact sent Speight and her bicycle into a cornfield adjacent to the road, said Kentucky State Police Sgt. Terry Whittaker. Speight, who was wearing a helmet, was pronounced dead at the scene.

No one else was injured.

The five cyclists were traveling from Yale University, in New Haven, Conn., to California, Whittaker said.