A Los Angeles jury convicted traveling nurse Nicole Linton, 41, of six counts of second-degree murder on Friday, October 2, 2026. Jurors deliberated just three hours before rejecting the defense's claim that a medical episode caused the crash.
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The Crash That Killed Six On August 4, 2022, prosecutors said Linton ran a red light at about 130 mph in her Mercedes-Benz at La Brea and Slauson avenues in Windsor Hills. Her car slammed into traffic, triggering a fiery chain of collisions involving nine vehicles.
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A Devastated Intersection CHP officers and investigators locked down the scorched intersection as the death toll climbed. Between eight and nine other people were injured in the nine-car pileup, one of the deadliest crashes in recent Los Angeles history.
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Burned Wreckage, Fire Hoses, Grief An aerial view of the aftermath shows charred car frames, fire hoses snaking across the asphalt, and a covered body at La Brea and Slauson. The prosecution called it a deliberate, reckless act — not an accident.
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The Families of the "Slauson Six" In the days after the crash, victims' families gathered for a prayer vigil at the intersection, holding "RIP Reynold" signs and photo posters of the six people who died that afternoon.
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A Makeshift Shrine A roadside memorial grew at La Brea and Slauson — balloons, candles, flowers and photos of the victims pinned behind police tape — as the community waited four years for this verdict.
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The Defense's Failed Seizure Claim Linton's defense argued a seizure made it impossible for her to stop. Prosecutors countered that there was no evidence of a seizure — and that she had left her job at Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles mid-shift that afternoon, was driving angrily, and had no drugs or alcohol in her system.
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The Trial in Downtown L.A. The case played out over weeks in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse. The jury heard from witnesses, reviewed crash evidence, and deliberated only about three hours before delivering its verdict.
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Implied Malice Murder Second-degree murder in California can rest on "implied malice" — knowing an act is dangerous to human life and doing it anyway. Driving 130 mph through a red light, prosecutors argued, fit that definition six times over.
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La Brea & Slauson Today The intersection of Slauson and La Brea avenues in Windsor Hills looks ordinary now — but for the families of the six, August 4, 2022, is frozen in time. Four years later, they finally got a verdict.
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130 MPH Through a Red Light Prosecutors said Linton deliberately blew through the red light at approximately 130 miles per hour — a speed that turned a single intersection collision into a fiery nine-vehicle chain reaction. (Symbolic image.)
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Gone, Not Forgotten The community still gathers to remember Asherey Ryan, her unborn son Armani Lester, 11-month-old Alonzo Quintero, Reynold Lester, Nathesia Lewis, and Lynette Noble. (Symbolic image.)
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Next: Sentencing Day, December 1 Linton faces a statutory sentence of 90 years to life in California state prison. Her sentencing is scheduled for December 1. Read the full story, the evidence, and what comes next — tap below.
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