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“Hell on Wheels” driver Mackenzie Cirilla claims she experienced a blackout in newly released text messages sent weeks ago fatal car accident took the life of her boyfriend, Dominic Russoand their friends Davion Flanagan.
According to information obtained, Shirilla, now 21, sent Russo a text message in early July 2022 about her alleged health scare. TMZ and posted on Wednesday, May 27, noting that she fears “it will only get worse.”
In the so-called unearthed text, Russo questioned whether Cirilla was deficient in vitamins, noting that it could have affected blood flow to her brain.
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Their exchange seemed to leave lingering tension between the two, with Cirilla later responding to Russell, “Keep treating me like this and see what you get.”
Her health became a big topic after the Netflix film was released. collapseThe documentary explores Shirilla’s relationship with Russo, her drug use and social media posts. she was sentenced Both sentences were concurrently sentenced to 15 years to life imprisonment. In August 2023, he was found guilty of murder, vehicular homicide and other charges. Although she was 17 at the time, she was tried as an adult. The judge specifically described her in court as “a real hell on wheels”.
During the trial, she claimed that during the fatal car crash on July 31, 2022, she experienced blackouts due to a diagnosis of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), a chronic condition with symptoms including a rapid heart rate, dizziness and fatigue.
Investigators found she was speeding down the road at 100 mph that fateful morning when her Toyota Camry crashed into a brick building in Strongsville, Ohio. There was no sign that she had hit the brakes. Russo, 20, and Flanagan, 19, both of whom were not wearing seat belts, were pronounced dead on site Cirila was seriously injured and was airlifted to the hospital.
Russo’s family insists she frequently threatened their son before the accident. Russo’s cell phone captured an incident in July in which she knocked on the door, insulted him and threatened to give him his car keys unless he let her inside.
Another new text message Russo posted weeks before the accident revealed he was considering taking some time apart. He wrote to Cirilla, “I don’t want you to think that I abandon you I hope it works, but I don’t think it will at the moment, especially with the threat that we should break up so we can find happiness elsewhere. “
Mackenzie Shirilla was thrust into the national spotlight in July 2022 after she was involved in a fatal car accident in Ohio that killed her boyfriend and a close friend, and ended up in prison for murder. Shirilla, now 21, is serving two life sentences and there has been renewed interest in her case following the Netflix documentary Meltdown (…)
After the accident, it was determined that Cirilla was under the influence of marijuana. Her blood tested negative for alcohol and mushrooms after mushrooms were found in her car.
Shirilla’s last post on Instagram was a tribute to Russo in September 2022, writing: “I just don’t understand why this happened, if you miss me. We were soul mates. We did everything together, we had the same dreams, we wanted the same life and I have never met anyone who made me feel so loved and protected.”
Shirilla is currently housed at the Ohio Correctional Institution for Women in Marysville and will be eligible for parole in October 2037.