Edith Atkinson, a longtime teacher at False River Academy, in New Roads, Louisiana, was killed in a freak accident while on campus.

Atkinson, 66, allegedly killed by her husband’s truck on Monday, after his foot sliped from the brake to the gas pedal.

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Atkinson, a longtime teacher at False River Academy in New Roads, was walking around the back of her husband’s truck on the school grounds at around 2 p.m. when the 74-year-old man’s foot slipped off the brake and onto the gas by mistake, WDSU reports.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends at this difficult time.