By Brooke Williams | Fox31
DENVER (KDVR) — Community members are planning to gather for a vigil in honor of a beloved middle school teacher who was killed in a crash in Weld County.
Christine Schwarz, a 57-year-old seventh-grade science teacher at La Salle North Valley Middle School, was one of three people who were killed in a crash on April 30.
Colorado State Patrol previously said that the crash happened when a suspected stolen vehicle fled from deputies and crossed over into oncoming traffic on Highway 85 in Platteville. A spokesperson for the Weld County Sheriff’s Office told FOX31’s Vicente Arenas that they are not sure if a pursuit was happening at the time of the crash. Both agencies are investigating.
When news broke of Schwarz’s death, classes at the school were canceled for two days. Several community members told FOX31 that word spread quickly and the death hit the community hard.
“There’s been a lot of heartbreak and shock… The kids, just trying to figure out what it’s going to look like going back to a building without a treasured teacher,” North Valley Middle School parent Ashley Grauberger told Arenas.