Nicole Linton had her foot on the gas of her Mercedes-Benz for at least five seconds and 'was conscious and deliberate,' L.A. County prosecutors say.
A nurse charged with six counts of murder after her Mercedes-Benz slammed into traffic at a busy Windsor Hills intersection last month accelerated to 130 mph just before the crash, according to new court documents filed Friday.
Prosecutors said analysis of the Mercedes’ recorded data and surveillance video indicates that Linton had “complete control over steering, maintaining the tilt of the steering wheel to keep her car traveling directly toward the crowded intersection.”She was a respected nurse. Now she’s accused of killing 5 in horrific Windsor Hills crash
The crash also killed Ryan’s nearly 1-year-old child, Alonzo Quintero, and her boyfriend, Reynold Lester, who were in the car with her.Linton has been held in jail since the crash, with prosecutors alleging she is a flight risk and a danger to the community. The extent of Linton’s injuries from the crash were not included in the doctor’s report, but Winter mentioned “fractures” and Linton’s lawyers said she is using a wheelchair to move around jail.A new filing obtained by The Times details Nicole Linton’s history of bipolar disorder before the deadly crash and a doctor’s reactions to her mental state at the time of the collision.
Linton ran out of her apartment in May 2018 during a panic attack, and when police approached her, she jumped on a police car and was arrested for disorderly conduct, her attorneys wrote. It was at Ben Taub that she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and prescribed psychiatric medication, the defense motion says.
“She told her sister that she was flying out to meet her in Houston the next day so she could do her niece’s hair. She also said that she would be getting married and that her sister should meet her at the altar,” the lawyers wrote.Traffic deaths are piling up at an alarming rate — and the trend doesn’t show signs of letting up.