Asherey Ryan, 23, was pronounced dead at the scene along with her one-year-old child Alonzo and her unborn baby boy when a 40-year-old woman crashed her car at a red light at 80 mph in Windsor Hills, Los Angeles. The driver, believed to be a nurse, was also arrested for manslaughter — and is expected to be formally charged by the Los Angeles County District Attorney on Monday, according to the LA Times. She is cooperating with investigators testing her blood to see if she was under the influence when the fatal crash occurred.
The vehicles were sent screeching across the road, engulfed in flames, before finally coming to rest in a mangled wreckage meters away from rows of highly flammable pumps. A woman claimed the speeding driver, who was her boyfriend, was “drunk” and “got into a fight with her boyfriend” before getting into her car and crashing into traffic. The fatal pileup happened between South La Brea Avenue and Slauson Avenue Thursday afternoon. IMAGE: Asherey Ryan, 23, died in the fiery crash with her one-year-old and unborn child. Tributes have poured in for the mother, who was expecting another child this year One-year-old boy Alonzo (pictured) was also killed in the horrific crash between South La Brea Avenue and Slauson Avenue Thursday afternoon. Tributes poured in for the mother after she was tragically killed in the fierce collision. Her one-year-old Alonzo was also pronounced dead at the scene In a TikTok video, the pregnant 23-year-old was one of the victims of the horrific car accident in Los Angeles This is the horrifying moment an LA driver sent a line of cars hurtling towards another petrol station over the road before stopping just before the pumps A child’s car seat was seen ejected from a vehicle at the scene of the crash. A baby has been confirmed to have died in the horrific ordeal The graphic shows the direction the SUV was going along South La Brea Avenue when it ran a red light and caused the horrific crash Skid marks could be seen on the ground at the intersection as investigators Thursday afternoon tried to figure out what happened. Eight people were left fighting for their lives with horrific injuries after the devastating strike at 1.40pm. Of the injured, six were teenagers and one was seriously injured. The driver is one of those injured in the hospital. The LA County Coroner has confirmed and recorded the death of Asherey Ryan, along with unborn ‘Baby Boy Ryan’. Tributes have poured in for Asherey, who is believed to be six months pregnant, and her child following the devastating collision. One person wrote online: “I have no words rn [right now] It hurts so much because this is something I never expected no one did. I will miss you both and I didn’t get to say goodbye or make up for the time I lost with you Alonzo my heart hurts maybe god got two amazing angels”. Witness Veronica Esquival said she was pumping gas when debris suddenly began flying through the air during the horrific crash – caused by the female driver, who was said to be alone in the car. Witness Veronica Esquival said the baby landed at her feet after the fatal blow. He was getting gas at the gas station when the tragedy happened He said a baby tragically landed on the floor in the middle of the gas station before panicked workers tried to revive the child. He said: “I was about to pump gas and all of a sudden, I hear all the noises from all the collisions, and then the fire exploded and I saw things, metal and things flying in the air. So I just took cover behind the pump. “All of a sudden, a baby literally flew out of the middle of the intersection into the middle of the gas station and landed right on the floor in front of me. “One of the workers came and saw me with the baby and took the baby out of my hands. Someone tried to revive the baby, but the baby was gone.’ A woman, who claims to be a friend of the Mercedes driver, said she believed he had been drinking after an argument with her boyfriend before the fatal crash. The driver was alone in the car, officials confirmed. He told KTLA, “He was drinking and didn’t know it was a red light because he shot straight through.” Another heartbroken witness Alphonso Word, who was just a few cars away from the junction when tragedy struck, said the crash sounded “like a bomb”. He said the child was “thrown off the road”, as was the pregnant mother, who “landed on her side”.
Devastating images show vehicles burnt out after firefighters tackled huge flames caused by the crash – after an inferno made it look like “the whole intersection was on fire”. The Mercedes drives past a gas station and then hits the edge of a traffic jam, causing a flaming inferno in the Windsor Hills area Fire officials are seen Thursday with a burned-out car after the crash The Mercedes coupe can be seen speeding from the petrol station towards the junction before the horrific crash on Wednesday A woman claimed the driver was her boyfriend and that he had been drinking after arguing with her boyfriend before the fatal crash Another witness Alphonso Word said the crash sounded “like a bomb”. Devastating images show vehicles burnt out after firefighters tackled huge flames caused by the crash – after an inferno made it look like “the whole intersection was on fire”. The shocking video, shot from a gas station overlooking the scene, begins as the Mercedes coupe speeds past the pumps. The doomed vehicle fails to break as it endures traffic flowing both ways at the busy intersection. It crashes into the first car, which immediately explodes in a heartbreaking fireball before plowing through several others that are spun from the massive impact. The crash sends them all running towards another gas station across the intersection before finally coming to a halt in a crumpled mess. The stack stopped just short of the second gas station over the road, which is considered an architectural landmark. The pileup, between South La Brea Avenue and Slauson Avenue, killed the pregnant woman, her unborn child and the 1-year-old Condemned vehicle fails to break as it endures traffic flowing in both directions at busy intersection Images on social media showed the stricken vehicles without wheels and roofs after the fierce collision Images show mangled, burned-out vehicles strewn across the road in what the California Highway Patrol described as “like a war zone.” Eight of the nine injured were taken to area hospitals and six of the nine are children and teenagers. The driver of the Mercedes is said to be one of the people taken to hospital with serious injuries. Debra Jackson, who was filling up her car with gas, told CBSLA, “All of a sudden, I heard a big explosion and flames went all over my car. I think my car was on fire.” California Highway Patrol spokesman Franco Pepi said “at least six or seven” vehicles were involved – and three were engulfed in flames. He also confirmed that the driver was a 40-year-old woman. He added: “Just unknown reasons for the high speed at the moment … Everyone needs to drive more carefully because there are a lot of collisions happening and this happens to be at the top of the list of how bad they can get.” The shocking footage, shot from a gas station overlooking the stage, begins as the Mercedes coupe speeds past the pumps Meanwhile, eight people were left fighting for their lives with horrific injuries after the devastating strike at 1.40pm.