Mackenzie Shirilla’s mom links dizziness condition to crash

The mother of the Ohio teen that was found guilty of murdering her boyfriend and his friend this week claimed a dizziness condition may have been responsible for her 100 mph fatal car crash into a brick wall.

Mackenzie Shirilla, 19, is now facing life behind bars after being convicted Monday of murdering her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, 20, and passenger Davion Flanagan, 19, in a July 2022 crash.

Cops found the trio were smoking pot before the then-17-year-old rammed her car into a brick wall at the high-speed and made no attempt to hit the brakes in the Cleveland suburb of Strongsville. Hallucinogenic mushrooms were also found at the deadly scene.

However, her mom Nathalie Shirilla testified last week that Mackenzie had been diagnosed with a disorder that causes her to pass out if her sodium and hydration levels are too low, according to Cleavland.com.

That condition – postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome – “could be” to blame for the crash, Nathalie said, according to a Thursday report in The Daily Mail.

The primary symptom of POTS is lightheadedness or fainting, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

Russo and Flanagan were pronounced dead at the scene and Shirilla was found unconscious with her foot still on the gas following the crash, which was caught on camera.

Nathalie said she “completely disagrees” with Judge Nancy Margaret Russo’s assertion that her daughter was “literal hell on wheels,” and said she hopes her daughter’s attorney James McDonnell files an appeal.

McDonnell has not spoken to the media since the verdict was handed down Monday, nor has Russo, who is not related to the target of the deadly vehicular attack.

“She had a mission, and she executed it with precision,” the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court judge said Monday after the juryless trial, saying she had killed her boyfriend because they were on the outs.

Mackenzie’s aunt reportedly testified that the couple did not have a turbulent relationship, even though the court had heard recordings of the teen threatening to key Russo’s car.

Shirilla was set to be sentenced to an automatic sentence of life in prison on Monday for four counts of murder, four counts of felonious assault and two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide.

She would reportedly be eligible for parole after 15 years under the mandatory sentence.