Oakley woman got 15 years for killing son on Mother’s Day

MARTINEZ An Oakley woman received a -year prison sentence for killing her son in an allegedly deliberate car crash during a trip home from a Mother s Day celebration Latyna Morgan pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to years in state prison court records show The plea deal was finalized last year but hasn t been previously revealed Related Articles Oakland man guilty of murdering ex-fianc e has killed a woman before Man fatally shot in West Oakland Beloved Oakland lecturer killed by driver after CHP terminated pursuit leaders say A part of me died with him East Bay man gets life for murdering Oakland teen Police Man dies in alcohol-related solo van crash in Oakland Latyna Morgan was driving her family home from a Mother s Day celebration when she veered off Highway and crashed killing -year-old Edward Morgan Afterward she admitted to smoking marijuana and drinking alcohol but the scenario took an even darker turn when police learned her daughter had filmed a heated argument in the car just before the crash You are drinking and driving Edward Morgan allegedly described her Police say Latyna Morgan responded with an incoherent rant followed by a clearcut threat I ll drive this b - off the road she allegedly shouted Less than three seconds later officers say she did just that Three other siblings two children and an adult were in the car at the time police commented Morgan is presently being housed in the California Institution for Women in Corona records show