Cherokee County middle school teacher Kevin White killed in crash

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. - A middle school chorus teacher died in a single-vehicle accident along Interstate 575 in Woodstock early Friday moing.

The Cherokee Sheriff's Office said the accident occured around 7 a.m. March 24 on the southbound side of the interstate at the bridge over Little River. Deputies said the driver of the Ford F-150, identified as 37-year-old Kevin White’s truck veered off the road, into a construction zone, hit an embankment and went airboe.

According to investigators, hitting the gravel embankment, caused it to "become airboe and it traveled between the northbound and southbound bridges before coming to (a) rest next to Little River," 

White was a chorus teacher at E.T. Booth Middle School in Woodstock, Lt. Jay Baker with the Cherokee Sheriff's Office said.

The Cherokee County School District said its thoughts and prayers are with White's family and his friends.

"We are notifying E.T. Booth Middle School staff and parents this afteoon of his passing," the system said. "Our grief counselor team is onsite and also will be available to students next week."

The cause of the crash is still under investigation.