Aurora police are investigating a crash that took the life of a 48-year-old woman who worked as a fourth-grade teacher in Indian Prairie School District 204.
Nicole Dickerson, a teacher at Welch Elementary School in Naperville, died a few days after sustaining injuries in the crash on Eola Road, police officials said in a news release.
Police responded at 8:52 p.m. April 6 to the area of Eola Road and Village Green Drive in Aurora for a three-vehicle crash. A preliminary investigation shows a 32-year-old man driving a southbound car crossed the median and struck a car traveling northbound, officials said.
Dickerson was driving the northbound car, which was then struck by a third vehicle traveling behind Dickerson’s car.
Both the 32-year-old man and Dickerson were taken to a local hospital in critical condition. Police said they learned Dickerson died as a result of injuries from the crash on Monday.
The driver of the third vehicle, an 18-year-old Warrenville man, was taken to a local hospital in stable condition, officials said.
The Welch Elementary Parent Teacher Association posted on Facebook that it would like to comfort all the teachers, staff, students and families as they grieve the loss of Dickerson.
The PTA said it provided lunch on Monday to teachers and staff at the school to help ease their pain. Dickerson had been a teacher at Welch for two years but was a teacher In School District 204 for many more.
According to a GoFundMe fundraiser for Dickerson’s family created by the Hinsdale South High School Counseling Department, Dickerson worked as a teacher for a long time and was a “caring, patient, strong and beautiful” wife and mother. Dickerson’s husband is a counselor at the high school.
The GoFundMe states Dickerson leaves behind her husband, Jim, and their two children, Macy and Charlie.
A gathering will take place from noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Good Shepherd Church, 1310 Shepherd Drive in Naperville, followed by a memorial service for Dickerson in the church sanctuary at 1:30 p.m.
The crash remains under investigation by the Aurora Police Department. Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call the Aurora Police Department’s Traffic Division at 630-256-5330.
