ATLANTA — Jason Hughes’ death in Hall County on March 6th at just 40 years old is hard enough to swallow. The circumstances surrounding it and the effect on so many lives are enough to make one grimace and gag.
Hughes died that Friday night when, as accounts state, he playfully confronted North Hall High School seniors, who were toilet paper-rolling Hughes’ house. He somehow slipped and fell right in the path of one of the pranksters’ vehicles, got run over, and lost his life. The driver, Jayden Wallace, did not see him and had only driven a few feet, the family’s attorney said.
The five teens involved rendered aid to their dying mentor and teacher from their school. But he succumbed to the injuries, prompting Hall County to initially charge the teens, before dropping those charges Friday (which the Hughes family had publicly called for). The 18-year-old driver had been facing a first degree vehicular homicide count, a felony which would have likely drawn a multi-year prison sentence…