Students, colleagues and friends are mourning the death of a teacher and coach in Fulton County, Georgia, who died Saturday night after she was hit by a van.

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Sue Scheer was crossing busy Alpharetta Street near the restaurant Pure Taqueria in Roswell when she was struck. Police said the van’s driver did not see her.

Scheer had worked for the Fulton County school district for 18 years, the district confirmed.

She was most recently an adaptive physical education teacher at Vickery Mill Elementary, Mt. Park Elementary and Roswell High School.

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