GREENSBORO, N.C. — A woman doing the right thing by trying to help another driver is dead. Sheanna Bonner, of Greensboro, was helping a driver whose car was having problems when she was struck by an oncoming driver in an SUV.
Police say the accident happened on Meadowood Street between Edith Lane and Wendover Avenue around 7 a.m. Wednesday.
Bonner was a math teacher, a friend and a great person, her friends say.
WFMY News 2 has confirmed Bonner was an 8th grade math teacher with Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools from 2012-2017, according to the district.
Trevor Wester says Bonner was his teacher over a decade ago at a different school.
"She gave me one-on-one attention because I was a little troubled. It was kind of hard for me. But she made it so easy," said Wester.
Wester says he reconnected with his former teacher years after he graduated, through Facebook. When he heard the news this morning, he was devastated.
"I was heartbroken," said Wester, "She was one of my favorite teachers. I talked to her a few days prior to the incident so it was really sad."
Cora Palmer used to live in the same neighborhood as Bonner when she lived in eastern North Carolina.
She found out about Bonner's death through Facebook.
"I saw her name pop up and I was like, 'This got to be somebody else'" said Palmer.
"She’d babysit my kids. She just became a part of my family. She was like my daughter, like my own," said Palmer, "I'm just shocked."
Friends and former students sent thoughts and prayers to the family of Bonner.
"She was a great person, smart and funny," said Danesha Kiser, "She loved to teach. She used to be a math teacher and also worked in the medical field.”
Kiser said she met Bonner through her husband, and that she was a wonderful woman.
Bonner died from her injuries. No one else was hurt. T
Police are still investigating.