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Updated: 12:41 PM Nov 8, 2007
NEW INFO: Couple Killed on I-64, One was High School Teacher
A husband and wife were hit and killed by a car on Interstate 64 Wednesday morning near Cross Lanes.
Posted: 4:11 PM Nov 7, 2007Reporter: WSAZ News Staff Email Address: news@wsaz.com |
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WSAZ has learned that Bethana Brewer was a teacher at Tolsia High School in Wayne County. She taught English, and has also taught at Crum Middle and Ft. Gay Middle Schools. A spokesperson for the school district says she's been teaching in the district for years.
A husband and wife were hit and killed by a car on Interstate 64 Wednesday morning near Cross Lanes.
Kanawha County Sheriff's Deputies tell WSAZ Kent Brewer and his wife, Bethana, were walking for help after car ran out of gas along Interstate 64. Deputies say Sarah Preece, age 23 of Louisa, KY, pulled over to the berm to use her cell phone when her car struck the Brewers.
The accident happened at around 2:30 a.m. in the westbound lanes of I-64, just before the Cross Lanes exit. Traffic was reduced to one lane in the westbound lanes until 5:15 a.m., but all lanes are now open and traffic is running smoothly.
Deputies tell WSAZ the couple was wearing dark clothing, and that might be a factor in the accident.
No charges have been filed in the case and the accident is still under investigation.
Kent Brewer was 44 years old, Bethana was 40. They're from Cross Lanes.
If you have any pictures of the Bethana or Kent that you'd like to share with us and everyone else, please e-mail them to pix@wsaz.com.
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Posted by: beth
on Dec 5, 2007 at 10:53 AM
mildred varney, thank you for some positive things and a nice outlook on Bethana it was a beatiful tribute for you to write about her all the way back to when she tried out for cheerleader. there is a lot of negative thoughts on here and it is nice to hear about the actual people that touched so many lives. It sounds like Bethana was a very smart and kind individual and I am sure her husband was also. may they rest in peace, she is a christian she is in a wonderful stress free place. bless their hearts and the hearts of their children. again thank you for sharing.
Posted by: Mildred Varney
on Dec 4, 2007 at 01:17 PM
(Cont) I used to have a poster in my classroom when Beth was my student: Make sure your brain is engaged before you put your mouth in gear. That advice could be restated for some e-mailers. One of Beth's Teachers Mildred S. Varney
Posted by: Mildred Varney
on Dec 4, 2007 at 01:16 PM
Beth always overcame any adversity in the world around her; she touched the lives of many students. She was a Christian. Forty years seems a short life, but in that 40 Beth made a difference in the world around her. The students, teachers, and friends who crowded a standing-room only funeral are a testament to her life's work. The several comments on WSAZ.com which try to place blame on the couple for their own deaths concerns me. That she ran out of gas after going unexpectedly to have her husband treated at the hospital, or that she tried to walk on home so that she could go to work and teach the next day, are not to be criticized. Some even wondered whey she as out so late when she had children to care for. Some find it too easy to jump to conclusions. Beth's children were in college or with her family, in the best of hands. She was a dedicated mother.
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