Heartbroken family of an elderly woman who was allegedly killed by an LA influencer in a horror car crash have spoken out about their anguish

Esther Abouab, 83, died from injuries sustained during a car wreck in West Hollywood on October 10. Her husband, Joe Abouab, was also hospitalized

The driver of the other car was later identified as LA influencer ,Garrett Bruno, 33, photographed snorting a white powder just days after the crash

LA cops who stormed his home to arrest him last week discovered Bruno is currently in a coma in hospital fighting from a later scooter crash, on October 25

LA Sheriff’s deputies after storming the home discovered that Garrett Bruno, caught in a post-crash photo snorting drugs outside his home on October 19, is now in a coma after falling off his scooter and cracking his skull on October 25 

An Los Angeles based influencer who was seen snorting drugs on the street nine days after allegedly killing an elderly woman in a car crash on October 10, is now in a coma on a hospital bed.
Garrett Bruno, 33, was riding his scooter with no helmet, two weeks after he was cut out, bloodied from his small SUV after a fatal car crash in West Hollywood.
It was was the second scooter crash in a short period. He fell off his scooter and cracked his skull, leaving him hospitalized, critically-ill.
Bruno suffered the accident on October 25, fifteen days after allegedly causing the crash that killed 83-year-old Esther Abouab – six days after he was seen sniffing white powder he said was ketamine on a sidewalk.

Esther Abouab, [left], 83, died from injuries sustained during a car wreck in West Hollywood on October 10. Her husband, Joe Abouab, [right], was also hospitalized. The driver of the other car is Garrett Bruno, a Hollywood influencer 

The West Hollywood-based travel influencer, who shocked the LGBT community in West Hollywood by coming out as a Donald Trump supporter over the summer, was rushed to hospital unconscious. He remains gravely-ill with his parents by his bed, a West Hollywood source revealed.
Armed cops only learned of Bruno’s accident late Friday night when they stormed his $1.1 million rental bungalow to arrest him for Abouab’s murder.

LA Sheriff’s deputies went to the West Hollywood home of influencer Garrett Bruno Friday night to arrest him for the murder of Esther Abouab, only to discovered that he was in hospital fighting for his life, the result of a subsequent scooter crash

The police bodycam footage show the moment the dramatic raid took place on Friday November 15,, with a deputy shouting ‘Sheriff’s office, search warrant, come out with your hands up’.  
Bruno was nowhere to be found. His ex-boyfriend subsequently informed deputies of the scooter accident.
The officers left the property without the target, but it was revealed that prosecutors plan to file a second-degree murder charge. 

Crash fatality Esther Abouab, [photo], the mother of famed LA restaurateur Greg Morris, died when Bruno’s Ford Escape slammed into the Ford Expedition she and her husband were traveling on October 10, in Los Angeles

Bruno, seen in happier times in this photo uploaded to his popular Instagram page, faces a second-degree murder charge over the car crash which killed Esther Abouab

The distressing sequence of events began on October 10, when Bruno slammed his Ford Escape SUV into the side of a Ford Expedition in which Abouab was traveling with her husband Joe. 
Esther Abouab, 83, and her husband, Joe Abouab, were married for 58 years, were driving along Fountain Avenue, when when Bruno who was traveling on North Spaulding Avenue, smashed into their Ford Expedition in his Ford Escape.
The speed limit on the street where Bruno was driving was 25mph, although the force of the impact suggests his car was traveling faster.  

LA deputies conducted ops at the $1.1 million West Hollywood bungalow Bruno shared with his ex-boyfriend, since he was hospitalized from a prior accident, the officers left without the target of the arrest warrant 

Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies were seen examining the trunk of a black Tesla outside the property during the raid on Garrett Bruno’s home on the night of Friday Nov. 15 

Abouab was rushed to hospital where she later died. Family members including her famed restaurateur son Greg Morris are said to be distraught by her death.
Joe Abouab suffered horrific injuries but has since been released. Bruno was photographed covered in blood and handcuffed to a gurney moments after the accident and was discharged from hospital a few days later.
A few days later, Bruno suffered the first of two scooter accidents when he went for a ride, fell off and broke his jaw. Three metal screws were inserted into his injury to help him recover.
On Saturday October 19, photographed a cut and bruised Bruno was photographed snorting drugs on the street outside his home at 11am in the morning.
The influencer, who was 61,000 followers, was snapped unscrewing a black vial and lifting a small metal spoon filled with white powder to his nose, then sniffing it.

Bruno claimed the powdery substance he was seen snorting outside his home on October 19, was his ‘prescription Ketamine’. Six days later he went into a coma after falling off his scooter and cracking his skull on October 25 

Bruno shared an Instagram screenshot claiming the powder he’d been photographed snorting was prescription ketamine  . 

EMS technicians transport blood covered Bruno in the immediate aftermath of the car crash in Los Angeles on Oct. 10, which happened at a dangerous intersection a few blocks from his Hollywood home 

The Ford Escape driven by Bruno was completely wrecked, [photo], in the October 10 horror crash. 83-year-old Esther Abouab was killed in the accident while her husband, Joe Abouab, remains hospitalized

Deputies inspect the crash scene. The Abouab family’s Ford Expedition was pushed into a parking garage by the force of the impact 

On October 22, Bruno took to Instagram to claim that the powder was a ketamine prescription he had been given to treat depression and anxiety.
He also addressed Abouab’s death, writing: ‘I am very sorry for the loss of this life, but the cause of the accident is still under investigation.’ 
Bruno shared a photo of his mother paying him a surprise visit from his home in Florida on October 24, the day before his scooter accident. 
He also posted a video of himself shirtless, working out at an outdoor gym shortly before he fell off the two wheeler and cracked his skull.  

Garrett Bruno, [left], a Los Angeles based influencer, whose Instagram account, ‘GarrettTravels’, has 61,000 followers, is seen [Right], visibly injured last month – 10 days after Abouab’s death, now hospitalized in coma, he’s charged for murder and faces 15 years to life, if convicted

Bruno’s lawyer Ambrosio Rodriguez last month said that a toxicology test performed after the smash had come back negative. 
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has yet to share any official findings. 
Bruno was cited by Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department deputies for a misdemeanor the week before Abouab’s killing after an ‘altercation with a firefighter according to the WeHo Times.
He also picked up a slew of moving violations in his home state of Florida in 2012, one of which saw his license suspended. 

Bruno also issued this statement on the collision – which he brands accident

The influencer shared footage of his bare chest workout on his Instagram page hours before the scooter accident, one of which has left him comatose. It was the second scooter within days 

Prosecutors are also preparing to file charges for reckless driving, causing bodily injury and battery over the alleged attack on the firefighter. 
A second-degree murder charge carries a sentence of 15 years to life.
Bruno amassed tens of thousands of followers with glossy photographs of himself globetrotting to multiple glitzy destinations.
An outspoken member of the LGBTQ community, his coming out as a Donald Trump supporter shortly before the fatal accident, further stoked controversy among the liberal-leaning gay community in LA.