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Why was she allowed behind the wheel let alone to treat people in the ICU? Traveling nurse, 37, who killed six in horror 90mph LA crash has been involved in THIRTEEN prior road accidents and has a 'profound' history of mental health issues
UK Daily Mail ^ | 08/09/2022 | Jennifer Smith

Posted on 08/09/2022 7:58:44 AM PDT by DFG

The traveling ICU nurse who killed six people in a horror crash in Los Angeles on Thursday after plowing her Mercedes 90mph through a busy intersection has a 'profound' history of mental illness and has been involved in 13 prior crashes, but was still somehow subcontracted to work in a hospital and allowed to drive.

Nicole Lorraine Linton, 37, is in custody on six murder charges as a result of Thursday's crash.

Among those she killed was pregnant Asherey Ryan, 23, her one-year-old son Alonzo and Reynold Lester, the father of Asherey's unborn baby, who also died.

On Tuesday, Craig Pitchford was named as another victim. Two other female victims remain unidentified.

Linton is from Houston, Texas, and was in Los Angeles working as a contractor at the Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Hospital.

She was working for the nursing contractor group AMN Healthcare, which she joined in October 2020.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: california; carcrash; linton; nurse; ryan
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1 posted on 08/09/2022 7:58:44 AM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

Forget it, Jake - it’s Los Angeles.


2 posted on 08/09/2022 7:59:46 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: DFG

Forget the driver’s license; why was she allowed to be a nurse?


3 posted on 08/09/2022 8:01:45 AM PDT by henkster (He's got a day time job; he's doing all right)
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To: DFG

Well...she’s the right color that’s why.


4 posted on 08/09/2022 8:01:48 AM PDT by LibertyWoman (America, the Handwriting is on the Wall. )
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To: DFG

Affirmative Action hire — more bs


5 posted on 08/09/2022 8:01:54 AM PDT by George from New England
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To: DFG

Black privilege.


6 posted on 08/09/2022 8:04:22 AM PDT by Tom in SFCA
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To: DFG

Because they are short on nurses.


7 posted on 08/09/2022 8:04:26 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: DFG

“profound history of mental health issues”—Translation: She smoked a lot of weed.


8 posted on 08/09/2022 8:05:08 AM PDT by bort
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To: George from New England

She’s in a privileged class, so expect the wheels of justice to grind ever so slowly here.

At least she won’t be able to do this again.


9 posted on 08/09/2022 8:06:55 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: DFG

After what I’ve seen from various medical “professions” since the COVID fiasco began more than two years ago, I’m going to suggest that the standards for working in a medical facility may as well be non-existent.


10 posted on 08/09/2022 8:07:41 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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To: DFG

Look at her, not a scratch.


11 posted on 08/09/2022 8:08:46 AM PDT by stevio
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To: Deo volente

At least she won’t be able to do this again.
= = =

With a little good behavior, she can drive the prison bus.


12 posted on 08/09/2022 8:08:51 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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To: bort

I posit it’s a ‘content of character’ issue. Namely lack of self control when emotions run wild.


13 posted on 08/09/2022 8:10:36 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny )
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To: DFG; All

Health care is going the same way, unfortunately, as our public schools, police departments, industry - in every profession, especially those where an employees’ UNION is involved, there are fewer and fewer qualified people queuing up for available jobs. Go to your local ER and just look casually around. How many of the folks that you see would you trust if you were seriously ill or gravely injured?

“Professional standards - whaaaa.....? what does that MEAN???!!!! I showed up for work on time today in spite of my court date! My uniform is clean! I put makeup over my track marks!”

Ask me why I stay away from hospitals, clinics, etc, over the last 20 years.


14 posted on 08/09/2022 8:10:51 AM PDT by Scarlett156 (Carol's been here. ~~ Sheriff Rick Grimes in TV version of "The Walking Dead")
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To: DFG

Was she “streaming” the wreck as she did it?

Video seems to show her hand out the window holding a cell phone?


15 posted on 08/09/2022 8:11:31 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: DFG

Why?
She has “The Card”!


16 posted on 08/09/2022 8:11:48 AM PDT by Reily
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To: DFG

Was it California that let her have a driver license, or was it Texas, the state she lived, that permitted her to have a driver license?


17 posted on 08/09/2022 8:13:45 AM PDT by Round Earther
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To: Deo volente

“She’s in a privileged class, so expect the wheels of justice to grind ever so slowly here.”

Her bond was set at $9 million.

That is steep in any jurisdiction.


18 posted on 08/09/2022 8:16:35 AM PDT by Round Earther
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To: George from New England

Bingo.


19 posted on 08/09/2022 8:17:53 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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To: \/\/ayne

I worked with a guy (2012)...he was married to a nurse, and she was getting weekly job offers for the traveling nurse routine (she had five different certifications, and had done a lot of time in emergency rooms). They were talking 100,000 a year, 3 months at a time at hospital with a month of break inbetween, full hotel costs, daily per diem, and a rental car.

I’d tell any person at age 18 today, it’s guaranteed work for the rest of your life if you had certifications and were willing to travel.


20 posted on 08/09/2022 8:18:06 AM PDT by pepsionice
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