Preschool Teacher Killed After Being Pinned Under Parent's Car in 'Very Tragic Accident'

Mar. 15, 2025

Alexia Rosales.Photo:GoFundMe

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A preschool teacher is dead and multiple others injured after a multi-car crash outside a school in Texas.

The tragic incident occurred on Thursday, Dec. 19, as parents picked up their students after a holiday performance at theExcelled Montessori Plus, a preschool and daycare in Bexar County.

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said during anews conferencethat “one of the parents, it appears, loaded her children into her vehicle and for whatever reason, accelerated into the building, into another car.”

“She, in turn, pushed that other car, and then both cars ended up hitting a fence where on the other side of that fence, several children were playing, and one faculty member was there with the children as well,” said Salazar.

“Fire was able to get out here, and they were able to lift that vehicle using a hydraulic lift,” said Salazar, but Rosales died at the scene.

Alexia Rosales.GoFundMe

As for the condition of the parent who accelerated into the building, Salazar said during the news conference that “she is okay.”

“She does have a past medical history that may have contributed to this. But, at this point, we don’t believe that it has anything to do with intoxication or any sort of criminality,” he said.

“It’s a possibility there may have been some sort of a medical issue that took place, and so at this point, I don’t know that there’ll be any criminal charges being brought,” continued Salazar. “At this point it appears to be just a very tragic accident.”

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“Her impact on our community is immeasurable, and her absence leaves a hole in our hearts,” the school, which made aGoFundMeto raise funds for her family, said in itsannouncement.

source: people.com