The sister of Asherey Ryan, who was killed in a fiery Los Angeles crash, shared heartbreaking photos of Ryan and celebrated Ryan’s baby son Alonzo’s first birthday, who was also killed in the wreck.
Sha’seana Kerr shared the photos to Instagram on Wednesday and called Alonzo her ‘angel in the sky’ with a picture of the Alonzo and her own son, Omari.
Kerr posted videos of the two sisters dancing with their sons, saying ‘we did everything together with our boys.’
She called her slain sister her ‘first best friend in life’ and called Alonzo her son’s ‘first best friend in life,’ and said they will ‘always be with us wherever we go.’
Kerr was forced to post about Alonzo’s ‘heavenly first birthday’ after Nicole L. Linton, an ICU nurse, recklessly barreled through an intersection on August 4 and caused an infernal crash, leaving six dead.
23-year-old Ryan, who was eight months pregnant when she died, was in her car with Alonzo and her boyfriend Reynold Lester, who also perished in the collision.
Asherey Ryan 23, was tragically killed in the violent collision. Her nearly one-year old Alonzo was also pronounced dead at the scene
Asherey’s sister, Sha’seana Kerr, remembered her lost family members in a heartbreaking tribute on Instagram
The father of the unborn child Reynold (right) also died in the deadly crash. He is pictured with Asherey
The mangled wreck of the Mercedes that Linton was speeding in is shown here after the crash
Nicole L. Linton, 37, (pictured in court) has been charged with six counts of murder and five counts of vehicular manslaughter
Two other females were also killed, though they remain unidentified. Eight others were injured in the crash.
Asherey, Reynold, and little Alonzo were on their way to a doctor’s appointment for a pregnancy check-up when Linton smashed into the car they were traveling in.
Linton appeared in court last week and has been charged with six counts of murder and five counts of vehicular manslaughter, which could lead to 90 years of prison time if convicted.
Linton, who sobbed in court as the judge spoke, has been in a whopping 13 previous collisions and suffers from ‘profound’ mental health issues, according to her lawyer.
She was released from the hospital and is now held at the Century Regional Detention Center in Lynwood, California on a $9 million bond.
LA County DA George Gascón revealed during a press conference last week there was no evidence Linton was under the influence of alcohol during the time of the crash.
PICTURED: Asherey Ryan, 23, died in the fiery crash with her one-year-old child and her unborn child
Graphic shows the direction the SUV was going in along South La Brea Avenue when it ran the red light and caused the horrendous crash
Skid marks are seen on the ground at the intersection as investigators on Thursday evening tried to work out what had happened
Tabia Johnson, a witness to the crash, took a photo of Nicole L. Linton (center), commenting that Linton only appeared to suffer minor injuries in the horrible crash
Tabia Johnson, a witness to the crash, took a photo of Linton sitting down on a nearby sidewalk following the crash, with the burning aftermath visible in the background.
Johnson, who condemned the woman’s driving, said Linton only appeared to have suffered minor injuries, including bleeding near the head.
The ICU nurse cooperated with investigators, including checking of her bloodwork to see if she was under the influence when the fatal collision took place.
Stunning video of the crash show vehicles screeching across the street, bursting into flames, before finally coming to a stop in a mangled wreck just feet away from rows of highly flammable pumps.
The gut-wrenching fatal pile up happened between South La Brea Avenue and Slauson Avenue on Thursday afternoon around 1.40pm.
‘We’re looking for legal representation because this doesn’t make any sense,’ Sha’seana said after reviewing videos of the crash.
‘Her taking my sister, my nephew, my brother-in-law, she took my son’s only cousin. We’re deeply hurt. We have to bury four people,’ she added, including the unborn child.
Alonzo’s father Luis Fernando Quintero wrote online: ‘I don’t have any words rn [right now] I’m too much in pain because this is something I never expected no one did I’m going to miss you both and I didn’t get to say goodbye or make up for time lost with you Alonzo my heart is aching may y’all rest in piece [peace] god has gained two amazing angels.’
The family have created a GoFundMe to help with funeral costs following the horrific ordeal.
Witness Veronica Esquival said that she was pumping gas when debris suddenly started flying through the air during the horrific smash – caused by the female driver, who was alone in the car.
She said that a baby tragically landed on the floor in the middle of the gas station before panicked workers tried to resuscitate the child.
Devastating images show vehicles left burnt out after firefighters doused the huge flames caused by the crash – after an inferno made it look like ‘the whole intersection was on fire’
Linton was working as a sales manager for General Motors until 2009, when she launched her nursing career
‘One of the workers came and saw me with the baby and took the baby out of my hands. Somebody tried to resuscitate the baby, but the baby was gone,’ she said.
Devastating images show vehicles left burnt out after firefighters doused the huge flames caused by the crash – after an inferno made it look like ‘the whole intersection was on fire.’
The shocking footage, taken from a gas station overlooking the scene, starts as the Mercedes coupe races past the pumps at a blistering pace.
The doomed vehicle fails to break as it bears down on traffic flowing both ways across the packed intersection.
It slams into the first car, which immediately bursts into a fireball before plowing through several others that spin from the huge impact. The crash sends them all hurtling towards another gas station across the intersection before finally coming to a stop in a crumpled mess.
The pile up came to a stop just before the second gas station over the road, which is considered an architectural icon.
Images show mangled, burnt-out vehicles splattered across the street in what was described by California Highway Patrol as looking ‘like a war zone.’