India, March 9 -- A high school teacher in the US has died after an alleged prank by a group of teenagers ended in tragedy outside his home in Georgia.

According to a press release from the Hall County Sheriff's Office, 40-year-old Jason Hughes was fatally struck by a pickup truck on March 6 while confronting a group that had come to his house as part of a prank. Authorities said 5 teenagers had covered or "rolled" the teacher's trees with toilet paper at his home in Gainesville, Georgia. When Hughes came outside, the group attempted to flee in two vehicles.

One of the vehicles was driven by 18-year-old Jayden Ryan Wallace. According to investigators, Hughes tripped and fell into the road as the teens were leaving, and Wallace's pickup ...