Jennifer Formichelli.Photo: Jean Lee BUA’20/Boston University
The Boston Police Department did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Formichelli’s fiancé Fillmore Parris said he knew something was wrong when he woke up on Tuesday.
“I just got up this morning and her car was still here which was strange because she’s usually at work at this time,” he recalled during an interview withCBS Boston.
After learning the devastating news, he rushed to the hospital.
“The doctor came and I was like, ‘Just give it to me straight, is she alive?’ and he said no,” he told the outlet. “I sat there with her for like an hour, holding her hand, it was just getting colder and colder and it’s just not what I expected when I woke up this morning.”
“It was just terrible,” he remarked to WHDH.
“Jennifer will be remembered as a thoughtful, highly intellectual scholar of English literature,” BU Academy said in a statement on Tuesday. “A champion of social justice, deeply committed to equity and inclusion in and out of the classroom; a trusted advisor; a warm and loyal colleague and friend; and, most of all, anengaged and dedicated teacher who loved her students.““Through her work at BU Academy, she shaped the lives of hundreds of young people. She was a cherished member of our school community and will be deeply missed,” the school’s statement concluded.
She was also working on a book about aquadruple homicidethat took place in Mattapan back in 2010.
“She loved her pets, she loved her family,” he said. “She’s just an all-around good person.”
As he continues to grieve, Parris said that he’s “getting increasingly angry” about what happened, according to CBS Boston.“I don’t care if you’re driving a tank, you know if you’ve hit somebody, especially somebody that is as visible as her, running with two dogs,” he told the station.“I can’t believe that somebody is going to hit a woman, a school bus driver that’s entrusted with people’s kids,” he remarked during an interview with WCVB. “I just find it ridiculous that they would do something like that and keep going.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly newsletterto get the biggest news of the week delivered to your inbox every Friday.
Police have located the bus and driver responsible for hitting Formichelli, according to WCVB.
The identity of the driver has yet to be released and no charges have been filed, per the outlet. Police have said the bus did not belong to Boston Public Schools, but have not provided additional information.
An investigation is ongoing.
source: people.com
