OAKLEY -- A Freedom High School teacher was killed this morning when his motorcycle collided with a street sweeper that was making a U-turn, police said.
Charles Edgle Smith Jr., 56, of Antioch, was riding near Neroly Road and Frandoras Circle about 8 a.m. when the crash occurred. He was pronounced dead at the scene, said Chief Chris Thorsen.
The collision is under investigation. Thorsen said alcohol or drugs do not appear to have been a factor in the crash.
Smith, who went by "Ed," had been with Liberty Union High School District for two decades and had worked at Freedom High for at least 10 years, said Erik Faulkner, a former principal at the school.
Most recently, Smith taught a course on driver's education and decision-making, he said.
Smith was also a tireless supporter of school athletics, helping to keep score and start the races at track meets as well as attending nearly every one of the basketball and football teams' home games.
"He was the voice of Freedom," Faulkner said, referring to Smith's duties as the announcer for both boys and girls basketball games and, until several years ago, football games.
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