1 dead after driver plows into dozens of pedestrians on Vegas Strip
Police say one person was killed and dozens more injured when a woman, apparently intentionally, drove her vehicle onto the sidewalk and plowed into pedestrians on Las Vegas' famous Strip late Sunday.
The female driver was taken into custody after the incident, which police say may have been intentional but was not an act of terrorism.
Few details about the woman were immediately known.
Lt. Peter Boffelli said the vehicle was in the northbound lanes of Las Vegas Boulevard near Bellagio Way when the driver went onto the sidewalk in front of the Paris Hotel & Casino, slamming into dozens of pedestrians.
According to Las Vegas Police Capt. Brett Zimmerman, the driver went onto the sidewalk and hit pedestrians at two different points. Zimmerman told NBC News she then drove the 1996 Oldsmobile to a hotel and left it in a parking space.
A three-year-old toddler who was in the car and was unharmed, as was the driver, Zimmerman told the Associated Press.
Lt. Dan McGrath said police were working to determine if the woman was under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Six of the pedestrians are in critical condition, 26 others were injured and four people were "treated and released," Boffelli said.
Clark County Fire officials first received a call about the incident at 6:38 p.m. PT.
"This is a huge tragedy that has happened on our Strip," Boffelli said.