A vehicle mowed down more than 30 pedestrians when it went up on the sidewalk and into the entrance of the Paris Las Vegas hotel, authorities said.
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Update: Las Vegas police says it is not clear whether the deadly crash was intentional or not. One person is confirmed dead, 4 of the injured have been released, and 7 of them are in critical condition.
“At first, I thought it was a movie shoot”, Joel Ortega said, “I thought maybe we’d see someone famous”.
Witnesses described disturbing scenes as crowds fled.
Police warned people to avoid the area and said the strip had been closed to traffic in the vicinity.
“If anyone is still in the area who witnessed the crash, please find a officer on scene, we’d like to get a statement from you”, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department tweeted. The child accompanying the driver was not hurt.
Just outside Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, where the glittering 2015 Miss Universe Pageant was being broadcast, the auto drove up onto a crowded sidewalk around 6:40 p.m. Sunday.
The woman was being questioned by police and was expected to be charged early Monday, Las Vegas Police Homicide Lt. Dan McGrath told reporters. Ortega said it made them remember how their neighbourhood was disrupted after the December 2 mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, near their home.
Multiple police and fire trucks are at the scene.
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As many as 11 adults were taken to a trauma center, according to The Associated Press.
