Nurse with ‘profound’ history of mental health problems charged with killing six in tragic Los Angeles crash
The travelling nurse who’s charged with killing six folks in a fiery Los Angeles crash had been concerned in 13 earlier street accidents and had jobs in six hospitals over two years regardless of her “profound” historical past of psychological sickness.
Nicole Lorraine Linton, 37, of Houston, faces six homicide expenses on account of the horrific Aug. 4 crash.
In keeping with studies, she didn’t have medicine or alcohol in her system and it stays unknown why she allegedly drove 145 km/h via a purple gentle and into automobiles at an intersection.
Prosecutors revealed within the first courtroom look that Linton was concerned in 13 prior street accidents, together with one in 2020 the place two automobiles have been totalled, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Crash information from two incidents in Texas – one in 2013 and one other in 2016 – obtained by the Daily Mail confirmed that she was rear-ended each instances.
Linton was contracted to work at an L.A. hospital, the place she was positioned by staffing firm AMN Healthcare.
Previous to that, nonetheless, she was a gross sales supervisor for Basic Motors in 2009 and started her health-care profession as an “extern” at NYU the next 12 months, the Each day Mail reported.
Her lawyer mentioned she had a “profound” historical past of psychological well being issues which might have contributed to the crash.
It stays unclear why Linton was permitted to work as a travelling nurse – holding jobs at six completely different hospitals over a two-year interval, the Mail reported – with the in depth psychological well being points laid out by her lawyer.
Two unidentified ladies have been killed within the crash together with Asherey Ryan, 23, who was six months’ pregnant, her 11-month-old son, Alonzo Quintero, and her fiancé and unborn child’s father, Reynold Lester.
The household was headed to a health care provider’s appointment for a being pregnant checkup when Linton smashed into their automotive, reportedly splitting it in half.
Little Alonzo’s devastated father, Luis Quintero, mentioned the toddler was at all times “filled with pleasure,” telling KABC “he had a smile that might brighten up your day it doesn’t matter what.”
Quintero broke down in the course of the interview.
“I need to see that justice is made,” he mentioned via sobs. “One thing for her, payback for what she’s completed. Possibly then I can forgive her. However not now. She took my son away from me. And I’ll by no means see him.”
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