Chatham County teacher killed in crash by suspect fleeing ICE

By: Margaret Coker, The Current

Outlets: Georgia Recorder

Published: February 17, 2026

Words: 885

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago


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A Chatham County elementary school teacher en route to work early Monday was killed after a man trying to flee federal immigration agents rammed her vehicle on Whitefield Avenue near the Truman Parkway, according to county police.

Linda Davis, a longtime teacher at Herman W. Hesse K-8 School was pulled from her crushed Lexus sedan by emergency personnel but later pronounced dead at the hospital. The driver who allegedly hit her, 38-year-old Oscar Vasquez-Lopez, was …

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