Los Angeles car crash reportedly killed 6 in flames A nurse — a pregnant woman and a child, including an unborn baby — who allegedly caused the car crash that caused her to be charged with murder on Monday, prosecutors said.
Nicole Lorraine Linton, 37, faces six counts of murder and he faces five counts of vehicular manslaughter, LA County District Attorney George Gascon told reporters. Speaking to the group, he called the accident a "horrible tragedy".
Kaiser Permanente's Linton, a nurse at her West LA Medical Center, said she was driving over 100 mph in a 35 mph zone just before she blew a red light Thursday afternoon. It is said
Her Mercedes at least she hit five other cars and at least she set three on fire.
Pregnant Ashley Ryan,died in the crash, as did her 11-month-old son Alonzo and boyfriend Reynold her Lester. At the time of the accident, her family went to a prenatal checkup.
Her two other women died in the accident. They have not yet been publicly identified.
6 kids and 2 Six children and adults were also injured in the wreck.
According to police, Linton was one of the injured girlfriends. She was later released from the hospital and was being held at the Century Regional Detention Facility in LA County in lieu of $9 million bail, officials said Monday.
A California Highway Patrol official described the aftermath of the crash. It's like a war zone," describing a scene of smashed and burnt-out cars littering the streets with car parts.