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Kiewit Middle School teacher dies in car crash

Posted at 8:45 AM, Feb 14, 2018
and last updated 2018-02-14 09:45:03-05

The Millard School Community is coping with loss of a longtime teacher. 

David Markley, 61, died in a car crash Tuesday morning near Blair High Road in Omaha. Markley was a seventh grade science teacher at Kiewit Middle School and had been with the district for about a decade.

Police say Markley's SUV crossed State Street around 6:30 a.m. and rolled into a ditch. He was pronounced dead at the scene. 

Kiewit Principal Marshall Smith said Markley had a heart attack at the wheel.