A longtime Las Vegas Valley peculiar acquisition teacher died successful a crash Friday successful the southeast Las Vegas Valley, according to a societal media station by the Clark County Education Association.
Through a Facebook station connected Tuesday, the teacher’s national said Jeff Buchbaum, 55, of Las Vegas taught astatine aggregate schools successful the Clark County School District — including Mojave High School, Monaco Middle School, Sunrise Mountain High School, Ruby Thomas Elementary School, Chaparral High School, Mack Middle School, Cunningham Elementary School and others — implicit the people of a vocation that spanned implicit 2 decades.
His archetypal occupation with the territory was with Mojave High School successful 2003, according to online Nevada Department of Education records.
Buchbaum was killed erstwhile the conveyance helium was driving was struck by a Hyundai Elantra traveling astatine a precocious complaint of velocity astatine the intersection of Boulder Highway and Desert Horizons Drive successful the southeast vale precocious Friday morning.
Buchbaum died of blunt unit injuries, according to the Clark County coroner’s office. A 43-year-old pistillate who was successful the 2024 Chrysler Pacifica that Buchbaum was driving was hospitalized pursuing the crash.
In the post, the relation said Buchbaum was a dedicated teacher who made a affirmative interaction connected his students.
“If you were fortunate capable to cognize Jeff, you cognize that helium was a passionate teacher, a arrogant national member, a bully friend, an highly loving begetter and husband, a doting grandparent, a lad dedicated to his parent and idiosyncratic you could ever number on,” the statement, successful part, read.
Zachary M. Zwick, 28, the alleged operator of the Hyundai, was booked connected 2 felony charges of reckless driving that resulted successful decease oregon superior injury, according to Metropolitan Police Department records.
Zwick was booked into the Clark County Detention Center, but aboriginal posted a $10,000 enslaved and was released, according to online Las Vegas Justice Court records. A presumption cheque proceeding for Zwick is scheduled for June 23, records showed.
“He volition beryllium missed dearly,” the relation said successful the Facebook post. “Our hearts are with Jeff’s family, friends, and colleagues during this hard time.”
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