EAST BERNARD, Texas (KTRK) -- East Bernard ISD officials said that their head football coach and his wife, who was a teacher in the district, were killed in a car accident on Saturday evening.

In a letter sent to the East Bernard ISD community, Superintendent Courtney Hudgins said that Jeremeny Jenkins, who was the district's athletic director and head football coach, was killed in the incident.

Jenkins' wife, Brandy Jenkins, who taught at East Bernard Junior High School, was also killed in the incident, according to the district's statement.