New court filings show Nicole Linton, the intensive care nurse accused of killing half a dozen people in a car crash in Los Angeles, was driving over 100 miles per hour before she collided with two other cars at a busy intersection.
The documents are part of a motion filed by Los Angeles County prosecutors in response to Linton’s request to release her on bond. The nurse’s attorneys argued that she had an “apparent lapse of consciousness” when she ran through a red light on Aug. 4.
Early reports show Linton was driving 90 mph, however, “further analysis reveals that her speed at impact was in fact 130 mph and that she floored the gas pedal for at least the 5 seconds leading into the crash, going from 122 mph to 130 mph,” prosecutors wrote.
Video footage of the incident shows Linton smashing into the vehicles before they burst into flames. Reports indicate there were 10 vehicles in the intersection. She split “one of the cars in two,” court documents show.
Nathesia Lewis and her best friend, Lynette Noble, Asherey Ryan, her 11-month-old son, Alonzo Quintero, and her boyfriend, Reynold Lester, were killed, along with the couple’s unborn baby. Another vehicle spun out of control and caused multiple minor crashes, reports show.
The new information was uncovered from Linton’s Mercedes-Benz’s data recorder. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office has asked a judge to keep Linton in jail until the trial.
They argue that the crash was deliberate and it would be inappropriate and dangerous for the public if Linton were released. Prosecutors compare the nurse’s driving to a professional race driver, adding that the car data shows Linton had complete control of the steering wheel and held it steady as she sped toward the intersection.
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