The family of a high school math teacher who died after a prank went tragically wrong has spoken publicly for the first time about the incident.
Jason Hughes, 40, from Gainesville, Georgia, was killed March 5 after students targeted his home during what was meant to be a harmless school tradition. Five teenagers participated in the annual junior/senior prank, wrapping toilet paper around the trees outside.
But what started as a lighthearted prank turned fatal when rainy weather caused Hughes to slip and fall. At that moment, 18-year-old Jayden Ryan Wallace, driving a pickup truck, struck Hughes, who suffered severe injuries and later died.
According to police, Wallace immediately stopped the vehicle, and the group of teenagers attempted to help Hughes while waiting for first responders. He was rushed to the hospital, but his life could not be saved.
