{"id":57946,"date":"2018-02-03T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T06:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=57946"},"modified":"2018-02-03T06:00:36","modified_gmt":"2018-02-03T06:00:36","slug":"wrong-way-driver-charged-with-murder-in-attempted-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/wrong-way-driver-charged-with-murder-in-attempted-suicide.html","title":{"rendered":"Wrong-way driver charged with murder in attempted suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Wrong-way driver charged with murder in attempted suicide<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">A woman who drove head-on into other cars on a California freeway in an apparent suicide attempt has been charged with second-degree murder for killing the driver she struck, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Grace Elizabeth Ward, 28, of Red Bluff, suffered a broken leg in the Jan. 7 accident that killed 29-year-old medical student Ryan Folsom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">She was arrested Tuesday after her release from the hospital and remained jailed on $1.5 million bail, prosecutors said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">She was expected to be appointed a public defender at her arraignment, scheduled for Friday, according to Shasta County District Attorney Stephanie Bridgett.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Ward was heading north on the freeway in Redding when she crossed into oncoming traffic and allegedly attempted to kill herself by running into other cars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">\u201cShe intentionally was driving and swerving towards them,\u201d Bridgett said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">While three cars were able to get out of the way, Folsom\u2019s car was struck.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Bridgett called Ward\u2019s actions a \u201cselfish\u201d decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">\u201cShe made a choice, a purposeful choice to use her vehicle and driving in a fashion that was reckless and dangerous with a complete disregard\u201d for other lives, Bridgett said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Bridgett declined to say what Ward told investigators during an interview, or discuss details of her background.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Ward was also charged with three counts of attempted murder and three counts of assault with a deadly weapon for her alleged attempt to strike the other three cars, according to Bridgett.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">She also faces a felony vandalism charge for damaging a median strip as she crossed into oncoming traffic, the district attorney said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">If convicted, she could face life in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Folsom attended the University of Texas medical school in San Antonio and played football at Brigham Young University in Utah, where he studied neuroscience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/02\/02\/wrong-way-driver-charged-with-murder-in-attempted-suicide\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/wrong-way-driver-charged-with-murder-in-attempted-suicide.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = 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