Child killed in Windsor Hills crash was a couple weeks shy of first birthday
Alonzo Quintero was 11 months and 17 days old when he died after a driver crashed into several cars in a fiery wreck, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Ryan was 8½ months pregnant and on her way to a prenatal checkup when the crash happened, according to her family. The son she was carrying at the time was named Armani Lester, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office. His date of birth and date of death fell on the same day.A registered nurse has been arrested and will be booked on vehicular manslaughter charges in the fiery Windsor Hills car crash that killed five people.
Ryan’s boyfriend, Reynold Lester, also died in the crash. As of Monday afternoon, the two other victims had not been identified by medical examiners. Nicole Lorraine Linton, 37, a registered nurse, was speeding when her car blew through the intersection of Slauson and La Brea avenues around 1:30 p.m. Thursday and crashed into several vehicles, authorities said. Two cars immediately burst into flames. Several other people were injured, including Linton, who was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter.
Linton was charged Monday with six counts of murder and five counts of gross vehicular manslaughter in connection with the crash, Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón said.
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