Thursday, March 28

Nurse in deadly crash facing murder and manslaughter charges – 2UrbanGirls


LOS ANGELES – A nurse from Houston with documented mental health issues is facing both murder and manslaughter charges after being formally accused of running a red light and speeding into a Windsor Hills intersection, sparking a fiery chain- reaction crash that killed six people, including a pregnant mother, her infant son and unborn baby.

Nicole Linton appears in Los Angeles Superior Court for arraignment on murder charges on Monday. 
(Frederick M. Brown / Associated Press)

Nicole Lorraine Linton, 37, was charged with five counts of gross vehicular manslaughter and six counts of murder for last Thursday’s crash at La Brea and Slauson avenues. District Attorney George Gascón said his office cannot file the manslaughter charge in a case involving an unborn child.

Linton was working as a traveling nurse for Kaiser Permanente for two years in West LA and it is unknown if they were aware of her “profound” mental health issues when hiring her. They released a statement that they wouldn’t provide comment on the investigation which they described as “criminal” in nature. It is being alleged she was on-duty when she left her shift and caused the fatal accident.

City News Service and the Times contributed to this report.

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