Assistant principal dies in car accident, daughter survives

Family members say the victim of a single-car crash on Interstate 25 in the southern part of the Denver metro area was a middle school administrator and a mom. That accident on Oct. 28 closed two lanes of traffic and the RidgeGate Parkway exit on northbound I-25. The driver, 37-year-old Morgan Ray, of Aurora, died in the crash. Her 4-year-old daughter was in the car with her, surviving unharmed. Now loved ones are trying to pick up the pieces.

“Morgan is a special human. She’s kind of a hard nut to crack. She had sort of a tough shell, but inside it’s very, very loving and caring,” said Morgan’s sister Keni Nooner. “She was definitely a fierce power to be reckoned with. And she loved what she loved very, very hard.”

Morgan Ray’s family knew she was destined to be an educator from a young age…

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