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Two Spring Break Chaperones From Indiana Die During Trips Abroad

Darren Bertram
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Two teachers from two different Indiana schools have died this week while away on spring break trips. They were both chaperones on their trips out of the country.

Kokomo High School teacher Melanie Peoples died this week while in China.

According to the school, Peoples died of natural causes in her sleep. She was chaperoning students on a spring break trip.

Peoples was an English teacher and had been with the school for four years. Before coming to Kokomo High School she was a teacher at Maple Crest Middle School for 14 years.

A Bishop Chatard High School teacher also died Tuesday while on a school trip across Europe. Kyle Guyton was helping chaperone a group of 22 students.

Guyton, who has asthma, apparently started complaining that he did not feel well and was having trouble breathing while they were in Poland. Emergency responders tried to resuscitate him, but were unsuccessful.

Guyton is a 2011 graduate of Bishop Chatard and had just joined the staff this year.

Funeral arrangements have not been announced for either teacher. Each school district plans to have counselors available to students next week.

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