A 37-year-old travel nurse has been charged with multiple counts of murder after a Los Angeles car crash killed a pregnant mother, her son and four other people.
According to apress releasefrom the Los Angeles County District Attorney, Nicole Lorraine Linton has been charged with six counts of murder and five counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence.
The crash killed 23-year-old Asherey Ryan, who was pregnant, her infant son, Alonzo, and her boyfriend, 24-year-old Reynold Lester. Two other women in another vehicle were also killed, but their names have not been released.
Nicole Linton.Frederick M Brown/AP/Shutterstock
According to the press release, several other people were hurt in the crash, including five people with minor injuries in an SUV and another driver in another vehicle.
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Several people were thrown from their vehicles, and three of the vehicles were engulfed in flames, Pepi confirms to PEOPLE.
Asherey Ryan was one of the victims killed in the fiery crash in L.A. in early August.facebook
“Today, we begin the process of holding accountable the person responsible for the deaths of six people, including a pregnant woman, and their families,” District Attorney George Gascónsaid in a statement. “This is a case that will always be remembered for the senseless loss of so many innocent lives as they simply went about their daily routines.”
Linton, a nurse from Houston, was arrested on Friday while she was hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries she sustained in the crash. After her discharge from the hospital, she was taken into custody Monday at the Lynwood Century Regional Detention Center. PEOPLE confirms that she is being held on $9 million bail.
Linton has not yet entered a plea. Online records do not reflect an attorney authorized to speak on her behalf.
source: people.com
