Los Angeles County DA George Gascon opposes bail for Texas nurse charged with killing six in fiery crash
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Los Angeles County prosecutors are urging a judge to reject bail request for a woman accused of killing six people during a crash she claims to have lost consciousness before.
Officials investigate a fiery crash where multiple people were killed near a Windsor Hills gas station at the intersection of West Slauson and South La Brea avenues in Los Angeles, CA. (Getty Images) The site of a fiery crash where multiple people were killed near a Los Angeles gas station. (Getty Images) Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.
"In an attempt to paint what we know was a horrific conscious act as an accident, the defense has conflated the possibility of (the) defendant suffering a mental health episode prior to the crash with the now defunct notion of loss of consciousness at the time of the crash," the motion states.
Linton is facing murder charges after allegedly barreling a Mercedes-Benz at 90 mph through an intersection in Los Angeles’ Windsor Hills section on Aug. 4, sparking a fiery crash that killed six, including a pregnant woman, her unborn child, her boyfriend, and the woman’s 11-month-old infant son.