A pregnant Alabama school teacher was killed in a crash Friday morning with an 18-wheeler.

Jennifer Jones, 34, was an auxiliary teacher at Randolph Elementary School in Bibb County.

The crash happened at 7 a.m. Friday on U.S. 82, east of Bibb County Road 20, said Bibb County Coroner Patrick Turner.

Jones, who was pregnant with her first daughter, was on the way to school with her twin sons, who are elementary age.

One of her sons was airlifted to Children’s of Alabama in Birmingham. The other son was treated at a local hospital. Both are expected to survive.

Jones’ death has been a blow to the close-knit community. Counselors were quickly dispatched to the school.

“She was just a really beloved member of the community,’’ said Centreville Mayor Mike Oakley. “And she was really, really talented into the classroom.”