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Norfolk teacher hit by car, killed on Shore Drive in Virginia Beach


Posted on Apr 25, 2010

An elementary school teacher at Tanner Creek Elementary School in Norfolk was hit and killed by a car on Virginia Beach’s Shore Drive last week.  According to a police spokesperson, the teacher, Whitney Lynne Hulce, 25, from Chesapeake, was struck while crossing Shore Driver after leaving a bar nearby.

 

Hulce was not crossing at a controlled intersection or at a crosswalk, said police.  She was hit by a 2005 Chrysler 300.  Hulce was pronounced dead by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) when they arrived at the scene of the accident.  No charges are being filed against the driver of the Chrysler.  Alcohol use by Hulce may have been a factor in the crash.

 

Hulce was a first-year 2nd grade teacher at Tanner Creek Elementary School, and she left behind a class of 20 students.  Grief counselors were made available to students at Tanner Creek after her sudden death.

 

Hulce is the 10th pedestrian to be killed on Shore Drive in eight years, reigniting debate about the safety of the road.  It was a mere 6 months ago that 21 year old Arnold Lee Jones was killed at nearly the same place as Hulce on Shore Drive.  The driver that struck Jones was not charged, either.

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