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Grief counselors were on hand Monday at DeKalb County’s Lakeside High School after a teacher was killed in a weekend crash with a pair of teens on their way to the school’s prom.
Decatur police spokeswoman Lt. Jennifer Ross said 33-year-old Leah O’Brien was attempting to turn onto eastbound Scott Boulevard from Ridley Circle about 6 p.m. Saturday when her vehicle collided with a car headed west on Scott Boulevard.
The passengers of the second vehicle — two teenagers on their way to the Lakeside High School prom — were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, but O’Brien was killed. O’Brien’s 8-year-old daughter was in critical but stable condition, Ross said.
Lakeside High School teacher Leah O’Brien was killed in a Saturday evening crash with a pair of teens on their way to the same school’s prom. (Credit: Lakeside High School website)
DeKalb County schools spokesman Quinn Hudson told Channel 2 Actions News that O’Brien was a teacher at Lakeside High School. According to an online profile, O’Brien taught family and consumer sciences and also served as a dance team sponsor.
Lakeside High School is at 3801 Briarcliff Road.
No further information was available. The investigation into the crash is ongoing, police said.
A makeshift memorial that includes messages from students sits in front of Lakeside High on Monday, April 27, 2015. Leah O’Brien, a Lakeside High teacher, was killed in a car wreck Saturday night on her way to chaperone at the prom. KENT D. JOHNSON /KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM
A makeshift memorial sits in front of Lakeside High School filled with artwork, letters and prom corsages on Monday, April 27, 2015. Leah O’Brien, a Lakeside High teacher, was killed in a car wreck Saturday night on her way to chaperone at the prom. She was killed in a collision with a car that contained two students on their way to the prom. KENT D. JOHNSON /KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM
Leah O’Brien was attempting to turn onto eastbound Scott Boulevard from Ridley Circle about 6 p.m. Saturday when her vehicle collided with a car headed west on Scott Boulevard. JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM
Leah O’Brien was attempting to turn onto eastbound Scott Boulevard from Ridley Circle about 6 p.m. Saturday when her vehicle collided with a car headed west on Scott Boulevard. JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM
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