COLUMBUS – A Pickerington teacher has been reinstated to her job after charges against her in the death of her husband were dropped.
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“She has been fully reinstated as a result of the charges being dropped,” school district spokesman David Ball said this morning.
He said Angela Luke, 40, a second-grade teacher at Tussing Elementary School is not expected at work today.
“We would assume she would take some time for herself,” Ball said. “This is a really difficult time for her and her children, just like anyone who had lost their spouse.”
Luke had been charged with aggravated vehicular homicide and reckless homicide in the death of her husband, Daniel A. Luke, 42.
She told detectives that her husband beat her on Sunday night and was hit by the car as she attempted to drive off with their two daughters from their Bloom Township home. She said he was holding onto the car but fell underneath the wheels as she drove off.
A dramatic 911 call made by their 12-year-old daughter who was in the car describes them trying to get away from her violent father. She says her mother accidentally hit her father with the car.
The Fairfield County prosecutor’s office filed a request with the county Municipal Court to drop the charges to allow for further investigation. The charges were dismissed “without prejudice,” leaving open the open for a county grand jury to issue charges against her later.