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Las Vegas Strip crash: Dozens hurt as car crashes into crowd | |
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At least one person has died and 36 have been injured after a car ran down pedestrians in front of a hotel in Las Vegas, officials said. | At least one person has died and 36 have been injured after a car ran down pedestrians in front of a hotel in Las Vegas, officials said. |
Police say they believe the crash was intentional but terrorism has been ruled out. | |
Seven people were in a critical condition, according to police. | Seven people were in a critical condition, according to police. |
The female driver fled the scene, but has since been taken in custody. A three-year-old child was inside the car at the time of the crash. | |
"At this point we are treating this as an intentional act" said Capt Dan McGrath. | |
The homicide officer said the suspect was a black woman in her twenties. | |
"I expect her to be charged in the next few hours," he added. | |
Earlier, another police captain told reporters it was not an act of terrorism. | |
Police say the driver is being tested for alcohol and drugs. Witnesses say those hit by the car include children. | |
The Miss Universe beauty pageant was being held in a nearby hotel at the time of the crash. | The Miss Universe beauty pageant was being held in a nearby hotel at the time of the crash. |
The car appeared to be travelling between 30-40mph (48kph-64kph) as it hit pedestrians, according to one witness. | |
"It was just massacring people," Justin Cochrane told the Associated Press news agency. | |
Another witness said she saw victims "flying through the air." | |
"The car was like a bowling ball and the human bodies were like pins," Rabia Qureshi told local broadcaster KSNV. | |
The city's famed Strip has been closed and sealed off as police investigate. | |
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