Cherished teacher mourned following deadly crash with driver who was being pursued by ICEBy RUSS BYNUMAssociated PressThe Associated PressSAVANNAH, Ga.Kindergarten and first grade students at a Georgia school are mourning their teacher days after she was killed by a driver who authorities say was fleeing federal immigration officers. Principal Alonna McMullen says it was heartbreaking telling 5 and 6 year old students in Linda Davis’ special needs classes of her death. The crash happened Monday less than a half mile from the school where Davis taught in Savannah’s southern suburbs. Authorities say the driver was a Guatemalan man who crashed after running a stoplight to evade immigration officers seeking to detain him on a judge’s deportation order. McMullen said Davis had an upbeat personality and a determination to ensure all of her students thrived.
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The kindergarten and first grade students in Linda Davis’ classes sobbed and shed tears after being told their teacher, who greeted them most mornings with an infectious smile, wouldn’t be coming back.
Davis, 52, was killed during her morning commute Monday, less than a half mile (0.8 kilometers) from the school where she taught students with special needs. Local and federal authorities say a Guatemalan man crashed his pickup truck into Davis’ car as he was fleeing a traffic stop by immigration officers.
“It was extremely difficult to tell 5 and 6 year olds that the teacher they loved and cherished will not be returning to see them,” said Alonna McMullen, principal of Herman W. Hesse K-8 School in Savannah’s southside suburbs. “To see the looks on their faces, it broke my heart.”…