Omaha, NE : The 57-year-old woman who died in a crash on the northwest edge on April, monday 17th 2017

The 57-year-old woman who died in a Monday morning crash on the northwest edge of Omaha is being remembered as a passionate teacher with an infectious laugh.

The Department of Roads said Tuesday that Dollie Mott of Council Bluffs died after a semitrailer truck collided with her Toyota Prius near Blair High Road and State Street.

Mott was a substitute teacher for the Omaha Public Schools. An acquaintance said Mott was on her way to substitute teach at Alfonza W. Davis Middle School near North 126th and State Streets.

The semi, driven by a Blair man, was southbound on Blair High Road about 7:10 a.m. when it collided with Mott’s Prius, Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputy Jim Maguire said. The Prius was northbound on Blair High Road and was turning west onto State Street.

“She pulled in front of the semi,” Maguire said. “We have six or seven witnesses who saw the accident.”

Mott was taken to the Nebraska Medical Center and died there. The semi driver suffered minor injuries.

Mott had worked as an instructor for gifted and talented high school students in the Glenwood Community School District in Iowa from 2014 to 2016.

“Dollie cared deeply for the students she instructed,” Glenwood Superintendent Devin Embray wrote in an email to The World-Herald. She was “extremely passionate” about student learning, he wrote.

As a substitute teacher, she held her students to a high standard, never letting them say ‘I can’t do it,’ said Lewis and Clark Middle School Principal Lisa Sterba. “She would find a way to get them to ‘I can!’ ”

Sally Rehmeier said she was shocked to find out about her high school friend’s death.

She and Mott were to meet May 1 with their Central High School classmates to start planning their 40th class reunion.

Rehmeier remembers that Mott loved journalism in high school and was passionate about teaching English. She loved to travel, especially to visit her young granddaughter.

“Her laugh is what no one will forget,” Rehmeier said. “It was unmistakable and infectious. If you heard it, you knew Dollie was close by.”

Dollie’s Facebook page was filled with messages from classmates, friends and co-workers.

“Dollie touched the lives of so many,” Rehmeier said
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Victim of fatal crash with semi in Omaha remembered as passionate teacher from Council Bluffs