
The wife of a Georgia high school teacher who died after being run over by a pickup truck during a late-night prank has appealed to authorities to drop charges against the teenagers involved, saying her husband cared deeply for his students and would not have wanted their lives ruined.
Jason Hughes, 40, a math teacher and golf coach at North Hall High School in Gainesville, Georgia, died after being hit by a vehicle while confronting teenagers outside his home late Thursday night.