A Jacksonville School District 117 employee passed away Thursday morning in a single-vehicle car crash on the east side of Jacksonville.
The Morgan County Coroner’s Office reported that the crash happened at approximately 2AM on Strawns Crossing Road at Wohlers Road. For an unknown reason, the vehicle left the roadway and the driver was ejected. The driver was pronounced deceased at the scene. The coroner’s office did not identify the decedent in their report.
In an all-call report from North Elementary Principal Bobby Mills just before 10AM on Thursday and messages to parents sent Thursday morning, students were notified of the death of Jacklyn Becker, a paraprofessional at the school, via a car crash. Mills said that students were given a lesson in each class this morning about grief and empathy. School counselors are being made available throughout the day for students and staff. Parents have been encouraged to speak to their children about their feelings about the loss.
The crash remains under investigation by the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department and the Morgan County Coroner’s Office.