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<h6><span style="color: #080101;"><strong>&#8216;Suicidal Grace Elizabeth Ward admitted in court Thursday she deliberately raced against oncoming traffic to &#8216;end it all&#8217;</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #080101;"><strong>28-year-old Ward of Anderson, Calif, plowed at great force into the vehicle medical student, Ryan Folsom</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #080101;"><strong>Former BYU running back, father-of two was killed after the crash on California&#8217;s Interstate 5,on Jan 7 </strong></span></h6>
<h6 id="google_ads_iframe_/424397508/dailymail.uk/dm_dmnews_newsart_0__container__"><span style="color: #080101;"><strong>Ward who suffered a broken leg was in a wheelchair on Thursday, admitting she was feeling suicidal when she committed the crime</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #080101;"><strong>She allegedly drove through the central barrier to carry out the deadly maneuver that killed the aspiring doctor, who was on his way to an interview </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #080101;"><strong>Folsom shared two sons with wife Lauren who is pregnant with their third child </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #080101;"><strong>Ward is charged with one count second-degree murder, three counts attempted murder, three counts assault with a deadly weapon, one count of vandalism </strong></span></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color: #080101;">She is being held in lieu of $1.5 million bail</span></strong></h6>
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<div>A woman who may have been attempting suicide, but also desirous of taking lives with her when she deliberately drove into oncoming traffic on a California interstate and crashed into a San Antonio medical student’s car, killing him.<br />
The death-seeking driver was arraigned Thursday on eight felony charges, including second-degree murder, authorities said.</div>
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<p class="author-section byline-plain"> &#8216;Suicidal&#8217; 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.<br />
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.<br />
She was being held in the Shasta County Jail in Redding in lieu of posting bail totaling $1.5 million.<br />
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</p>
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<h6 class="container-3zJLP vertical-2XJd5"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-289503" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Ryan-Folsom-and-his-wife-6.jpg" alt="Ryan Folsom and his wife 6.jpg" width="800" height="533" />Crash victim Ryan Folsom [photo], seen with his wife and two sons aged four and two, expected to be holding the latest addition to his family in weeks as his <span style="font-size: 10.72px;">pregnant</span> wife was due by the end of January</h6>
<div>Ryan Folsom, 29, a fourth-year student at UT Health San Antonio’s School of Medicine, died within hours of the crash on January, 7 when a Ward driving in the opposite direction to traffic plowed into his vehicle on a California interstate. He is survived his wife and two kids with a third child on the way in a matter of weeks.<br />
Grace Elizabeth Ward, the wrong-way driver was arrested Jan. 30 on eight felony charges, including second-degree murder, California authorities said.<br />
She reportedly told investigators that she deliberately carried out the maneuver because she wanted to kill herself, <a class="" href="http://krcrtv.com/news/shasta-county/report-red-bluff-woman-admits-to-intentionally-driving-into-i-5-traffic-to-kill-herself" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Krcrtv.com </a>reported.</div>
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<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><img class="alignnone wp-image-289504" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Ray-Folsom-and-his-family-7.png" alt="Ray Folsom and his family 7.png" width="665" height="497" /><strong>Ryan Folsom, seen with his wife [left], and his family [right], did not live to fulfill his wish of becoming a doctor, killed at the hands of a maniacal road user</strong></h6>
<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-289496" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Ryan-Folsoms-totaled-Honda-Accord-1.png" alt="Ryan Folsom's totaled Honda Accord 1.png" width="682" height="359" /> &#8216;suicidal&#8217; Grace Ward testified that she deliberately drove into oncoming traffic killing an aspiring doctor.. Ward crashed into Ryan Folsom&#8217;s Honda accord with such force, his car ended up in the ditch adjoining the freeway </strong></h6>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Former BYU running back Ryan Folsom was just starting a medical career and was preparing to welcome his third child when he was killed by Ward&#8217;s car near Redding on the night of January 7.<br />
<img class=" wp-image-289494 alignleft" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Grace-Elizabeth-Ward-3.jpg" alt="Grace Elizabeth Ward 3.jpg" width="216" height="271" />Ward is alleged initially to have unsuccessfully tried to cross the center median where she collided with the cable barrier.<br />
She was eventually able to get her vehicle through the cable by finding an opening meant for emergency vehicles. She then stopped her vehicle, facing in a south-westerly direction between the northbound and southbound lanes.<br />
Officials say she waited in that area for about seven minutes before accelerating her vehicle into oncoming traffic by traveling northbound in the southbound lanes.<br />
Three vehicles narrowly managed to avoid collisions with Ward before she struck Folsom&#8217;s car.<br />
Ward&#8217;s car was also smashed into a pile of rubble and appears to have flipped after colliding with Folsom.<br />
A witness at the scene told <a class="" href="http://www.kdrv.com/content/video/468413533.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">KDRV</a> she tried to save Folsom&#8217;s life.<br />
She said she felt for his pulse, which was there, but he was unable to speak.<br />
&#8216;It was really faint but it was there,&#8217; she said of his pulse. &#8216;We were just talking to him telling him help was on the way, we&#8217;re here, you are not by yourself. we got no response it was just nothing.&#8217;</p>
<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-289505" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Ryan-Folsom-at-Bingham-Young-University16.jpg" alt="Ryan Folsom at Bingham Young University16.jpg" width="666" height="491" /><strong>Former BYU running [No 36] back Ryan Folsom, seen in action here against New Mexico in 2010, was killed in California auto accident when a suicidal Ward deliberately drove head on into his car. Folsom, 29, was a fourth year medical student</strong></h6>
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<p>Folsom, 29, from San Antonio, Texas, was rushed to hospital but died a short time later.<br />
The father-of-two, whose wife Lauren was pregnant with their third child, was a former walk-on running back with the Cougars from 2010-11.<br />
A GoFundMe was page set up for the Folsom family stated that he was traveling to an interview for a residency position as a doctor when Ward crashed into him. The interview was one of many that he&#8217;d set up.<br />
&#8216;He loved the Avengers and anything superhero related, perhaps because he loved the idea of filling that role in any capacity,&#8217; stated the<a class="" href="https://www.gofundme.com/ryan-folsom-memorial-fund" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> GoFundMe</a> page, which raised more than $305,000.</p>
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<h6 class="container-3zJLP horizontal-1eH9F"><strong> <img class="" src="https://i1.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Grace-Wards-car-dark-sedan-at-the-crash-site-1.png?ssl=1&;w=612" alt="Grace Ward's car [dark sedan], at the crash site 1.png" width="653" height="349" />Ward&#8217;s car [dark sedan in photo] was also totaled damaged and appears to have flipped after colliding with Folsom</strong></h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">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.<br />
Coach Rod Rumrey, of North Medford High&#8217;s Black Tornado, told the<a class="" href="http://www.mailtribune.com/news/20180109/leader-by-example" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> Mail Tribune </a>that Folsom was the &#8216;heart and soul of the team.&#8217;<br />
&#8216;I cared about all my players,&#8217; he said, &#8216;but Ryan was special.&#8217;<br />
Ward is alleged to have hit Folsom&#8217;s car with such force that it ended up in the ditch adjoining the freeway.<br />
Folsom died in hospital and Ward suffered a broken leg.<br />
Describing Folsom&#8217;s leadership qualities, high school teammate Tim Endecott remembers &#8216;I don&#8217;t think it mattered what the situation was,&#8217; Endecott said, &#8216;or who we were playing or how bad of a practice we had or how much Rumrey yelled at us, I don&#8217;t think he ever frowned or got down on anybody.&#8217;<br />
Jason Slowey added: &#8216;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.<br />
&#8216;I think it&#8217;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.&#8217;</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Folsom was killed when Ward crashed into him with such force that his car ended up in the ditch adjoining the freeway. He died in hospital and she suffered a broken leg.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">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.<br />
Investigators who arrived at the scene of the accident say they found a cell phone on the ground near Ward&#8217;s vehicle which she used to call her mother prior to the crash.<br />
She is reported to have told her that she wanted to kill herself and ended the conversation shortly before she accelerated towards oncoming traffic.<br />
Folsom was a husband, father, and aspiring doctor who was on his way to attend interviews as part of his training.<br />
He had two sons aged four and two with his wife expecting their third child in January.</p>
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‘Suicidal’ Grace Ward charged with murder: Admits deliberately ‘driving wrong way up an interstate and smashing into oncoming car’, killing aspiring doctor and former BYU running back, Ryan Folsom
