Wow. I literally just got home from Bellagio in Las Vegas where the tragedy described below took place. My luggage is not even unpacked yet. Thank God I made it out of there in the nick of time. It gave me the chills when I heard this story on the news. I cross the street from Bellagio to Planet Hollywood all the time directly where this incident took place. Look at the chaos in the picture. It is really something when the intentional or negligent acts of one person cause so much harm to innocent people who are just out trying to enjoy life.
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -
Police said that a crash that killed 1 person and injured
36 others along the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday night may have been intentional,
but was not an act of terrorism.
The crash happened at 6:38 p.m. on Las Vegas Boulevard
just in front of the Paris hotel-casino.
According to Las Vegas Metro police, a vehicle veered
onto the sidewalk and hit several people. The driver then steered back into the
street before steering back onto the sidewalk and hitting another group of
people. The driver fled the scene of the crash, but was found at an off-Strip
hotel-casino near the intersection of Koval Lane and Flamingo Road.
Initially, 34 people were taken to an area hospital for
treatment, according to police. One of those people succumbed to their
injuries. Seven of them were listed in critical condition. The remaining 26
were being treated for less-serious injuries. Four people were treated at the
scene and released.
Danita Cohen, spokeswoman for University Medical Center,
said the hospital received many of the patients, and their injuries range from
broken bones to head injuries. She said most of them are adults, but an
11-year-old is among the victims and is listed in serious condition. She said
many of the patients are from Montreal, Canada.
Other victims were taken to Sunrise and Spring Valley
hospitals for treatment.
Police said the woman driver of the vehicle has been
arrested in connection with the crash. While her identity was not immediately
released, police said she had only been in Las Vegas for a short time. They
said a 3-year-old was in the car with the woman at the time of the crash. The
child was unharmed.
Las Vegas Boulevard was closed to traffic from Harmon
Avenue to Flamingo Road while police were at the scene. The closure was
expected to remain in place through much of Sunday night, police said.
Police said the investigation is in the initial stage and
that video footage from multiple cameras will be reviewed to help piece
together what happened.
