Car Plows Down 37 People, Kills One on Las Vegas Strip
Authorities say they "know this was not an act of terrorism."
12.21.2015
Sarah Fisher
According to authorities, a woman drove her car into a crowd multiple times on Sunday night. One person was killed and 37 were injured.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Lt. Dan McGrath said the driver "went up and off these streets, two or possibly three times." The woman is being held at Clark County Jail.
The incident occurred at around 6:40 p.m. local time (9:40 p.m. EST). The woman's car, a 1996 Oldsmobile, was in the northbound lanes of Las Vegas Boulevard near Bellagio Way when it drove up onto the sidewalk in front of the Paris Hotel & Casino and struck pedestrians, police Lt. Peter Boffelli said. Police confirmed the person killed was an adult, but would not identify the victim further.
"This is a huge tragedy that has happened on our Strip," Boffelli told reporters at a news conference.
LVMPD Deputy Chief Brett Zimmerman said authorities "know this was not an act of terrorism."
Lt. McGrath said the car was registered in Oregon and the driver had recently moved to the area. After the crash, the car headed east on Flamingo Road before it was found at a hotel, McGrath said. The driver was taken into custody at the hotel, police said. A 3-year-old child was in the vehicle with her but was not hurt, Zimmerman said.
One witness described the car was going around 30-40mph when it hit pedestrians on the strip. "It was just massacring people," he said.
"Why would it slow to go around and then accelerate again?" he said. "I thought it's a crazy person."
Said another witness, "At first, I thought it was a movie shoot. I thought maybe we'd see someone famous."
Clark County Fire Chief Gregg Cassell said that 70 emergency works were sent to the scene.
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