Who was Jason Hughes? Gainesville maths teacher dead after practical joke; family launches GoFundMe
Jason Hughes, a 40-year-old maths teacher in Gainesville, Georgia, was killed in a freak accident following a prank by five teenage students at his home on Thursday. Jason Hughes with his wife, Laura Hughes. (Facebook@Jason Hughes) On Thursday, around 11:40pm local time, a group of teenagers, reportedly led by 18-year-old Jayden Wallace, covered the yard outside the home of Hughes with toilet paper as part of a senior-junior war at the school. They had come to the Gainesville residence in a car. Hughes stepped out of the home and ran towards the car as the teenagers were trying to flee. He tripped and fell and was run over by the car that Wallace was driving. They stopped and provided first aid to Jason Hughes till emergency responders arrived. But it was not enough, and Hughes passed away at Gainesville’s Northeast Georgia Medical Center Friday. WSBTV reported that along with Jayden Wallace, Elijiah Owens, Aiden Hucks, Ana Katherine Luque and Ariana Cruz were also arrested. Wallace faces charges of first-degree vehicular homicide, reckless driving, criminal trespass …








