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Nurse Driving Mercedes Charge With Murder In LA Crash Killing Six

Driver Nicole Lorraine Linton is charged six counts of murder and five counts of gross vehicular manslaughter in connection to multi-car crash Thursday in which a pregnant woman, a baby and three other adults were killed.

  • Charges were announced Monday by Los Angeles County district attorney.
  • Prosecutors say Linton was speeding up to 90 mph when she ran red light in midday and plowed into traffic at busy intersection.
  • One of the murder charges is for unborn child.
  • “In an instant, Ms. Linton’s conduct took the lives of six people and injured many others,” county District Attorney George Gascon said.
  • California Highway Patrol investigators identified 13 prior crashes involving Linton, according to the Los Angeles Times.
  • Gascon said no evidence so far of  Linton having used alcohol in last week’s accident.
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