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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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To: DFG
In court yesterday, her attorney said she had a 'profound' history of mental health problems. He said they would have contributed to the crash, and asked for her arraignment to be delayed until October.

Not very informative.

21 posted on 08/09/2022 8:20:11 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: DFG

Another massacre by someone who is mentally-ill.


22 posted on 08/09/2022 8:20:22 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: DFG

I asked the question in the title, and then I saw her picture. NOW it all makes sense.


23 posted on 08/09/2022 8:22:07 AM PDT by fwdude (Racism is not dead, but it is on life support - kept alive by politicians….” — Thomas Sowell)
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To: DFG

Hospitals need patients and she was just helping out.


24 posted on 08/09/2022 8:22:49 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: DFG

You have to wonder where these people come from. Nobody would write a fictional book where a character had 13 prior convictions/instances.


25 posted on 08/09/2022 8:26:06 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: Round Earther

There’s another bond hearing on Monday the 15th where her lawyers will attempt to get that reduced. I’ll be interested to see how this case proceeds. There’s already talk of a long history of mental illness, which begs the question, how did she ever get to be an ICU nurse? Also 13 previous car accidents, how did she keep her driver’s license? Many questions here.


26 posted on 08/09/2022 8:26:21 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

have you ever watched that horders show? A LOT of those people who live in MOUNTAINS of garbage are NURSES!!!

it’s no wonder hospitals are filled with drug resistant germs! the nurses live in garbage!


27 posted on 08/09/2022 8:28:05 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: DFG
Whenever a pro gun control anti NRA rally occurs the fools who participate are too stupid to realize they are more likely to be injured or worse driving to and from a rally then they are facing the business end of a firearm.
Everyone and their brother has dash cams, iPhones, Androids. Not to mention surveillance cameras on so many buildings you'd drive by. We can record each other at will. Yet there's more car crash vids out there than one could watch in a lifetime. You'd think people would be more inclined to drive carefully and behave themselves,but, NOPE!😖😖🤬
28 posted on 08/09/2022 8:40:26 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (If a liar's pants really did catch on fire CBC, ABC, CNN and MSNBC would be more fun to watch)
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To: DFG

she has a “get out of responsibility” trump card....... melanocyte edition.


29 posted on 08/09/2022 8:42:09 AM PDT by Dick Vomer (2 Timothy 4:7 deo duce ferro comitantes)
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To: henkster

I am a retired nurse. Once you get your license, no questions are asked about mental status .The only way a nursing board finds out that a nurse is mentally ill is if someone reports it, like a coworker. An arrest record can be discovered if you are a traveler working in a different state ( applying for a first time license in that state)because usually they will do a criminal record search. But that only works initially, once you have your license they don’t check.


30 posted on 08/09/2022 8:46:43 AM PDT by kaila
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To: pepsionice

My daughter graduated college with a nursing degree specializing in the NICU ward 4 years ago. She’s an RN that has offers thrown her way every week or so by the traveling nurse companies because she was looking for another position a few months ago.

Some of the $$ numbers bandied around with the benefits thrown in were quite impressive, more than her old man makes now which makes me VERY happy. If it wasn’t for being married and having a 2 and 1 year old she would have jumped at some of them.

I actually wish she would TBH, she wanted to make a difference so she left the premier children’s hospital in Indy and went with a smaller group that is located on the east side of the city.

The stories of the babies born by horribly diabetic women is bad, but the amount of babies born with drug dependencies, especially heroin, is what really breaks your heart, going through withdraw just after their first breath of air.


31 posted on 08/09/2022 8:46:49 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: DFG

Had she used an AR to do extract the exact same outcome though, oh man would the press be treating that differently...


32 posted on 08/09/2022 8:48:22 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: DFG

Because she is black


33 posted on 08/09/2022 8:48:28 AM PDT by sit-rep ( )
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To: DFG
Why was she allowed behind the wheel let alone to treat people in the ICU?

I don't know about "behind the wheel" - but the ICU was undoubtedly short-staffed.

34 posted on 08/09/2022 8:51:48 AM PDT by Jim Noble (I’ve stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains )
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To: pepsionice

One of my nurses during the 2 weeks and change of IICU was a traveling contract type. I vaguely remember talking about the traveling.

She was super nice and out of all the ones that took care of me, hers is the only name I can remember. Everybody was great at the hospital.

My home nurse afterwards for wound vac support was way better than I could have hand picked.


35 posted on 08/09/2022 8:53:00 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: Round Earther

Mainly because the commie soros DA is facing a recall election...otherwise he’d let her go


36 posted on 08/09/2022 8:58:50 AM PDT by jpp113
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To: Deo volente
"At least she won't be able to do this again"

Hopefully.

37 posted on 08/09/2022 9:04:43 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

Stephen King’s book “Misery” comes close. She was a suspect in many deaths at the hospitals she worked at and was fired but not charged. IIRC


38 posted on 08/09/2022 9:14:09 AM PDT by RedMonqey
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To: DFG

nurse with mental health issues. Oh, goody.


39 posted on 08/09/2022 9:27:00 AM PDT by ronniesgal (Hot fun in the summertime! thanks rjo.)
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To: DFG
"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"

Mother, Jugs & Speed

40 posted on 08/09/2022 9:29:50 AM PDT by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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