Past, present students mourn loss of BBE teacher, coach
Early Tuesday morning, a Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa math teacher and head wrestling coach, Richard Vos, was killed by a semi while biking on U.S. Highway 71 south of Belgrade. Throughout the day, past and present students mourned the loss of their teacher and paid their respects on social media.
UPDATE: Belgrade, Minn., bicyclist killed this morning was teacher, coach at BBE | West Central Tribune | Willmar, MinnesotaBELGRADE - The bicyclist killed early this morning near Belgrade, Minn., was a teacher and coach in the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa School Di...- On Tuesday morning, a sports blogger posted an update to the BBE Jaguar Sports blog. "As is the rest of the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa community is doing right now, I am reeling," he wrote. "We have suffered an unimaginable loss."
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguar Sports: B-B-E suffers an unimaginable loss9:15 am. For the past half hour, I've been staring at my computer, watching the Sauk Centre Herald Facebook news feed, getting nothing ac...- On Twitter and Facebook, both current and former students told stories of how Vos had touched their lives as a teacher and coach.
- RIP Mr. vos, you will missed by many!! You always believed in me know matter how good of a wrestler i was facing. You were a hell of a coach, such a great teacher, and just a plain old great guy. You taught me so much along the way i cant thank you enough! Heaven you gained an awesome person this morning! See you agian one day buddy
- Mr. Vos-- you were the happiest guy I knew. You always put a smile on my face even when you yelled at me for not doing my work while I was supposed to(: you were my favorite teacher and we're listening to your math lessons on the computer right now(: you will be missed and we all love you so much<3 Forever our favorite teacher.<3
Good-bye Mr. Vos, You were a good friend, good teacher, and a great man #reestinpeace- Many students expressed shock and disbelief, taking to social media to relay their grief. On Twitter, the hashtag #RIPMrVos was trending.
