‘Suicidal’  Grace Elizabeth Ward deliberately drove into oncoming traffic killing an aspiring doctor, she admitted to the court. Now wheelchair-bound after the crash, Grace Ward appeared in court in the wheelchair on Thursday, accused in the vehicular death of Ryan John Folsom, 29, a fourth-year student at UT Health San Antonio’s School of Medicine.
28-year-old Ward of Anderson, California, is  facing one charge of second-degree murder, three counts of attempted murder, three counts of assault with a deadly weapon and one count of vandalism after the crash last month, which killed father-of-two Ryan Folsom.
She was being held in the Shasta County Jail in Redding in lieu of posting bail totaling $1.5 million.
Ward was arrested Tuesday at a hospital, where she had been since the fatal crash occurred Jan. 7 on Interstate 5 in Anderson, in California

He was the offensive player of the year in the Southern Oregon Conference and earned second-team all-state accolades as running back and linebacker in the Les Schwab Bowl for senior all-stars.
Coach Rod Rumrey, of North Medford High’s Black Tornado, told the Mail Tribune that Folsom was the ‘heart and soul of the team.’
‘I cared about all my players,’ he said, ‘but Ryan was special.’
Ward is alleged to have hit Folsom’s car with such force that it ended up in the ditch adjoining the freeway.
Folsom died in hospital and Ward suffered a broken leg.
Describing Folsom’s leadership qualities, high school teammate Tim Endecott remembers ‘I don’t think it mattered what the situation was,’ Endecott said, ‘or who we were playing or how bad of a practice we had or how much Rumrey yelled at us, I don’t think he ever frowned or got down on anybody.’
Jason Slowey added: ‘He was one of those guys who was successful in everything he did. And he did it the right way. He was a really good role model.
‘I think it’s rare, especially in high school, when someone your age can be a true leader and someone everyone looks up to. He was that person.’

One driver told Krcrtv that she seemed determined to cause a collision and that it was only a question of time before she did so.
Investigators who arrived at the scene of the accident say they found a cell phone on the ground near Ward’s vehicle which she used to call her mother prior to the crash.
She is reported to have told her that she wanted to kill herself and ended the  conversation shortly before she accelerated towards oncoming traffic.
Folsom was a husband, father, and aspiring doctor who was on his way to attend interviews as part of his training.
He had two sons aged four and two with his wife expecting their third child in January.