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A pregnant mother and her 1-year-old son on a routine trip are cut down by a speeding car

A worker cleans up the crash scene a day after a fiery multi-car crash that left six dead, including a pregnant woman, and injured others at the corner of La Brea and Slauson Avenues in Los Angeles' Windsor Hills neighborhood, on Aug. 5, 2022.

LOS ANGELES — A speeding car, a sickening crunch, a ball of fire. Before anyone had time to react, a multi-vehicle crash turned a busy intersection into one of the most gruesome scenes on Los Angeles streets in recent years, leaving five people dead, including a pregnant woman, and family members searching for answers.

Investigators on Friday arrested Nicole Lorraine Linton, 37, a registered nurse, in connection with the crash in Windsor Hills.

Linton was at the wheel of a dark-colored Mercedes-Benz that was going as fast as 100 mph down La Brea Avenue when it ran a red light at the intersection with Slauson Avenue about 1:35 p.m. Thursday, hitting several vehicles, according to

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