A South Carolina high school and family are mourning the loss of a social studies teacher killed after a utility pole fell on her as she walked during her lunch break.
Augusta University Medical Center pronounced Jeunelle Robinson, 31, dead on Aug. 23, hours after the tragic accident.
Robinson was struck after a tractor-trailer hit utility lines, reportedly pulling what amounted to eight “defective” utility poles from the ground, according to a news release from a firm representing the family, Bamberg Legal.
Robinson’s family is asking for $130 million for financial compensation and to invest in a commitment to toward infrastructure and an annual scholarship in Robinson’s name.
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Immediately after the accident, Wagener-Salley High School, where Robinson worked, was placed on a soft lockdown, according to its website.
“This tragedy is devastating to all of us as Ms. Robinson was in her second year teaching social studies at Wagener-Salley. Over the past year, she became friends with numerous colleagues and developed meaningful relationships with many of our students,” the school administration said in a statement to the community. “Genuine and sweet to everyone she encountered, her time here at our school and on this earth feels much too short,” the school, which canceled school activities following the incident, continued.
Students were devastated to learn their teacher had died, and counselors were placed on call to support all on campus. In her memory, the school set up a special time for prayer the next day at 7:45 a.m. at the school.
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