The Sacramento Bee is reporting that a Rio Linda Highschool teacher has died in a sad accident involving his bicycle and an open gate arm.
The report states that Adams, who was a preferred multimedia teacher, in addition to a track and football coach on the highschool, was riding his bicycle after track practice on Monday, March 4. On his way out of the stadium parking zone he was impaled at the arm of an open metal swing gate.
Adams, who was 59, was taken to the hospital where he died after enduring multiple surgeries. In accordance with the Bee, Adams’ students and co-workers filled hospital halls and waiting rooms inside the night.
The Twin Rivers Unified School District has released an announcement expressing its sadness:
We are deeply saddened by the death of 1 of our beloved teachers, 59-year-old Marion Adams, who passed on to the great beyond early this morning after a sad bicycle accident March 4. Adams was a multimedia teacher and track and football coach at Rio Linda Highschool.
His death has had a prime impact on our Twin Rivers family. We now have had a crisis intervention team at RLHS today working with students and college members. These professionals are organized to aid us in this difficult time.
Adams was a 1972 graduate of RLHS and started teaching there in 2004. Our thoughts and prayers are together with his family, friends and co-workers, and the scholars who admired him. He’ll be missed by we all.
The Bee states that Adams was an avid sports fan and an incredible fan of the San Francisco 49ers. Adams leaves behind a wife, son, daughter, and two grandchildren.
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