"At this point we are treating this as an intentional act" said Capt. Dan McGrath of Metro homicide. "She is in the detention center right now. She is speaking to detectives. They are drawing her blood, and I expect her to be charged in the next few hours." 
 
 One witness, Los Angeles resident Michal Jackson, said the car was initially driving slowly on the sidewalk, and someone tried to get it to stop. Jackson said the car sped up when it reached a group of people. 
 
 "It accelerated, and it just plowed through the group of people, and we were in shock," said Jackson. "Then it kind of hopped off the curb, and there was a lady that was stuck under the car, and when it hopped back on the curb, she was laying between the curb and the street, and she wasn't moving at all." 
 
 Police confirmed that the driver, described as a woman in her 20's, drove off the sidewalk after hitting the car, then drove back onto the sidewalk and hit more pedestrians. It is possible the woman drove off and back on the sidewalk a third time, police said. 
 
 Jackson described what she witnessed when the car jumped back onto the sidewalk. 
 
 "There was another guy who was right next to her passenger window, banging on the door to get it to stop, and then the car accelerated again, and that guy flew off the car," said Jackson. "Then it made a right onto Flamingo road, and that was the last we saw of the car." 
 
 The woman driving the offending vehicle drove away from the scene, but turned herself in to security at the Tuscany Suites & Casino. Police say driver had a 3-year-old child with her, who was not injured. The car had Oregon license plates. 
 
 Capt. Zimmerman says security footage will help them piece together exactly what happened leading up to the collision. 
 
 "Due to the area we're in -- with numerous cameras belonging to the hotel, surveillance cameras, and our RTC cameras -- we will comb through that footage to get a detailed idea of what occured." said Zimmerman. 
 
 Police performed a field sobriety test on the suspect. It is unclear whether she passed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 This is not the first time pedestrians have been hit and killed on the Las Vegas Strip. In September 2005, 14 were hit and 3 killed when a car driven by Stephen Ressa drove onto a crowded sidewalk . He was given multiple life sentences. 
 
 A report from Sunrise hospital said 11 victims have been transported there, all in good condition. 
 
 15 victims were transported to UMC. At UMC, 1 victim was pronounced dead, 3 are in critical condition. The other 11 11-year-old boy -- are listed as in serious condition. 
 
 Three victims were sent to Spring Valley hospital. Four were treated at the scene and released. 
 
 Las Vegas Metro currently has Las Vegas Blvd closed between Harmon and Flamingo. Sheriff Lombardo will give more information about the incident tomorrow. ||||| A homeless woman accused of slamming a car carrying her 3-year-old daughter into a crowd of pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip told authorities she was stressed out after being chased by security guards from parking lots where she had been trying to sleep before the crash, according to a police report obtained Monday. 
 
 Lakeisha N. Holloway, 24, resided in Oregon and had been in Las Vegas for about a week in her 1996 Oldsmobile sedan, parking it at garages throughout the city, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said. 
 
 After her arrest, Holloway "described a stressful period today where she was trying to rest/sleep inside her vehicle with her daughter but kept getting run off by security of the properties she stopped at," the police report states. 
 
 Lakeisha N. Holloway, 24 (Las Vegas police) 
 
 "She ended up on the Strip, `a place she did not want to be,"' the report quoted her as saying. "She would not explain why she drove onto the sidewalk but remembered a body bouncing off her windshield, breaking it." 
 
 Investigators said Holloway had run out of money and she and her daughter had been living in the car. Police believe she was headed to Dallas to find her daughter's father after they had a falling out. 
 
 Holloway is accused of intentionally mowing down people on a busy stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard, killing a woman from Arizona and injuring dozens of others on Sunday night. 
 
 After the crash, she parked at a casino a few blocks away, told a parking attendant that she had run down people and asked the valet to call 911, Lombardo said. Her daughter, who was in the backseat, was not hurt. 
 
 An impromptu memorial for the victims on #LasVegas boulevard pic.twitter.com/knoGltUI0f — @kimbrunhuber 
 
 The sheriff said Holloway was stoic when police arrived, showed no resistance and spoke coherently about what happened. He declined to elaborate on what she said. 
 
 "She didn't appear to be distressed due to her actions. That's the best way I can describe it," Lombardo said. 
 
 Authorities declined to comment on a potential motive and said they were struggling to piece together Holloway's background. 
 
 She had changed her name to Paris Paradise Morton in October, according to Oregon court records. 
 
 Several years ago, Holloway, a graduate of an alternative high school, received an award for overcoming adversity from the nonprofit Portland Opportunities Industrial Center. 
 
 In 2012, she told The Skanner, a newspaper that covers Portland's African-American community, that she was homeless during her freshman year in high school. 
 
 Holloway's cousin, Lashay Hardaway, told The Oregonian that Holloway worked hard to provide for her daughter. 
 
 The crash happened in front of the Paris and Planet Hollywood casino-hotels and across from dancing water fountains of the Bellagio hotel-casino. Droves of visitors to the stretch walk from one casino to another. 
 
 The Miss Universe pageant was being held at Planet Hollywood at the time of the crash. 
 
 People jumped on the car and banged on its windows, but Holloway didn't stop driving on the sidewalk, Lombardo said. The car was fully on the sidewalk twice, including once when it traveled for 200 feet, police said. 
 
 There was no evidence that Holloway had consumed alcohol, but a drug recognition expert at the scene determined that she was under the influence of some sort of stimulant, Lombardo said. 
 
 Held without bail 
 
 Holloway, who was being held without bail, will be charged with murder with a deadly weapon, said Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson, who anticipated "a great number" of additional charges. 
 
 "When a person drives a 2,000-pound-plus motor vehicle intentionally onto a sidewalk, killing and injuring scores of people, that's murder," Wolfson said. 
 
 Holloway was under suicide watch at jail, said Deputy Clark County Public Defender Scott Coffee said. He said it was too early to say if he would pursue an insanity defence. 
 
 UMC officials tell me "5 or 6" Canadian victims. 2 in critical condition, "the rest have been discharged." #LasVegas pic.twitter.com/B1ptanZxgC — @kimbrunhuber 
 
 At least 35 people injured in the crash were taken to hospital, including three people still in critical condition with head injuries, officials said. Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, which treated 13, still had five patients Monday, including two who were upgraded to good condition. 
 
 The crash killed Jessica Valenzuela, 32, of Buckeye, Ariz., who was visiting Las Vegas with her husband, according to the Clark County coroner. An online campaign is trying to raise $15,000 US to cover transportation and funeral costs for the mother of three. 
 
 Other victims were from Oregon, Florida, Colorado, California, Washington, Mexico, and Quebec. Five were Canadian citizens, and four were Oregon college students in town to compete in a wrestling tournament. 
 
 We remember Jessica Valenzuela, the 32-year-old mother of three killed in Sunday evening's #StripCrash. pic.twitter.com/DlleycuZ0V — @CityOfLasVegas 
 
 Among the injured were five wrestlers and their coach from Delaware Valley University in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Another four were wrestlers from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. 
 
 Justin Cochrane of Santa Barbara, Calif., said the car appeared to be going 30 to 40 mph when it struck the pedestrians. 
 
 "It was just massacring people," said Cochrane, who was having dinner at a sidewalk restaurant outside the Paris hotel. 
 
 Cochrane said he couldn't understand why the driver went into the crowd a second time. He saw children and adults injured on the ground as the car drove away. 
 
 "Why would it slow to go around and then accelerate again?" he said. "I thought, `It's a crazy person."' ||||| At least one dead, 35 injured when car strikes pedestrians on the Strip 
 
 At least one person was killed and 35 injured when a woman steered a car onto a sidewalk on the Strip and hit pedestrians near Paris Las Vegas and Planet Hollywood Sunday night, according to officials. 
 
 The incident occurred at 6:38 p.m. along Las Vegas Boulevard South, north of East Harmon Avenue, according to Metro Police. Officers said a 1996 Oldsmobile four-door sedan ran on and off of the sidewalk perhaps two or three times. 
 
 "We are treating this as an intentional act," Metro homicide Lt. Dan McGrath said. 
 
 Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said on Monday he did not believe the incident was an act of terror, but "we are still working through it." 
 
 Lombardo identified the driver as Lakeisha N. Holloway, 24, of Oregon. 
 
 Clark County Detention Center records show that Holloway was being held on counts of open murder, child abuse or neglect and duty to stop at the scene of an accident involving death or personal injury. She was being held without bail. 
 
 Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said multiple counts of attempted murder also are being considered. 
 
 Charges could be filed as early as today or Tuesday, Wolfson said. 
 
 Holloway has an initial court hearing set for Tuesday morning, according to the jail records. 
 
 Las Vegas Boulevard was closed in both directions from Flamingo Road to Harmon, and Interstate 15 ramps to Flamingo east were closed, according to a Regional Transportation Commission alert sent about 7:20 p.m. By 6 a.m., the Strip had reopened after being closed for nearly 12 hours. 
 
 Clark County Fire Department spokesman Jeff Buchanan said six victims were transported to Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center and University Medical Center in critical condition. At 11:15 p.m., authorities listed those six in stable condition. Victims also were sent to Spring Valley Hospital, according to Metro Police. Four victims were treated and released. 
 
 Sunrise spokeswoman Stacy Acquista told The Associated Press that 11 adults were in good condition as of 9 p.m. 
 
 Danita Cohen, spokeswoman for UMC, said the hospital took in 15 victims, one of whom died. She told the AP injuries ranged from head injuries to broken bones and lacerations. 
 
 The victim who died has been identified by the Clark County Coroner's Office as Jessica Valenzuela, 32, of Buckeye, Ariz. 
 
 Three people, meanwhile, were in critical condition and two in serious condition, Cohen said Monday. The rest brought in for treatment have been released, including an 11-year-old, she said. 
 
 Cohen said many of the patients at UMC were from the Montreal, Canada, area and were requesting French-speaking translators. 
 
 The driver fled the scene and was taken into custody at the Tuscany Suites and Casino, near Flamingo and Koval Lane. She was interviewed and underwent sobriety checks, according to Metro Police Capt. Peter Boffelli. 
 
 Police could not confirm whether the driver was injured. But a 3-year-old child in the car was unharmed. 
 
 Metro Police Deputy Chief Brett Zimmerman denied initial reports that suggested gunshots were involved. 
 
 The preliminary investigation indicates the driver jumped the curb just south of Paris, striking numerous pedestrians, before continuing north on Las Vegas Boulevard. The vehicle hit pedestrians in two separate locations — just before Paris and then in front of Paris, Zimmerman said. 
 
 “This is a huge tragedy that has occurred on our Strip,” Boffelli said. 
 
 Justin Cochrane, visiting from Santa Barbara, Calif., said he saw the vehicle "taking people out" as it hurtled north on the sidewalk outside the French restaurant, Mon Ami Gabi. 
 
 "It was just hysteria," he said. "I'm shaken still." 
 
 Police said the woman is not originally from Las Vegas and has been in the area for at least a week. The vehicle she was driving had Oregon plates and did not have a Nevada registration, authorities said. 
 
 She was taken to the Clark County Detention Center, McGrath said. Police were securing a warrant to draw her blood and check for impairment. 
 
 In the meantime, investigators are piecing together evidence at the scene and interviewing witnesses. Multiple cameras along the Las Vegas Strip recorded the incident. 
 
 "We will comb through that footage to get a detailed idea of what occurred," Zimmerman said. 
 
 Gov. Brian Sandoval issued a statement saying he had spoken with Lombardo and would “remain in contact with him as this incident continues to evolve and additional information is released. The state stands ready to help and will provide any assistance needed to ensure the safety of our visitors and residents.” 
 
 The crash occurred as the 2015 Miss Universe pageant was airing live from inside Planet Hollywood. 
 
 Police are asking any witnesses who have not given a statement to contact homicide investigators at 702-828-3521. 
 
 Antonio Nassar was counting his money as he exited Planet Hollywood when he saw a vehicle drive up onto the sidewalk, striking numerous pedestrians. 
 
 The vehicle stopped briefly outside the Paris before accelerating toward Flamingo Road while still on the sidewalk. At one point, a young boy was being dragged by the vehicle, Nassar said. 
 
 "It was chaotic," he said. "I was running down the street saying, 'Move! Move! Get out of the way!'" 
 
 Nassar estimates the closest he got was about 20 feet away from the vehicle. The driver, he said, appeared to intentionally drive over the curb. 
 
 Dozens of people were hit as a result. 
 
 "It just sounded like watermelons falling on the sidewalk," said Nassar, a pilot who arrived in Las Vegas earlier Sunday. 
 
 In the aftermath, the injured pedestrians were standing or lying along the sidewalk — some with ripped clothes and bloody wounds — as emergency crews began arriving. 
 
 Several hours after the incident, Nassar stood along the sidewalk outside Planet Hollywood, hoping to glean more information from the police, who stood next to yellow crime-scene tape at the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Harmon. 
 
 "It's the wrong time to have this happen," he said. 
 
 Tonight’s tragedy isn’t a first on the Strip. 
 
 Stephen Michael Ressa, 27, of Rialto, Calif., intentionally crashed into a cement barrier at Bally’s in September 2005, killing three and injuring 11 others. 
 
 Ressa told police he “intentionally steered the vehicle toward” the pedestrians because he was angry at them and thought they were armed. Ressa told police he remembered the people standing in front of his vehicle were staring at him like “demons,” and those that had their hands in their pockets may have been armed with guns. 
 
 The Associated Press contributed to this story.
– The driver who left a trail of broken bodies along the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday night wasn't a terrorist, but the horrific incident was no accident, police say. "We are treating this as an intentional act," says Deputy Police Chief Brett Zimmerman, per CNN. He says the driver, who is in her 20s, drove onto the sidewalk three or four times, killing at least one person and injuring 37 more. A witness tells the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he saw the Oldsmobile smash into pedestrians before slowing down and accelerating again, crushing people, including a child who appeared to be around 10 years old. In other developments: The driver was taken into custody shortly after the incident. Police haven't said whether she was injured, but a 3-year-old child in her vehicle was unharmed, reports the Las Vegas Sun. At least six victims were critically injured. A University Medical Center spokeswoman says many of the injured are Canadians from Montreal who requested a French translator, reports the Review-Journal. Police say the driver, who had Oregon plates, is not from Las Vegas but has been in the area for at least a week, the Sun reports. There's no sign of any connection between the incident and the Miss Universe pageant, which was being held nearby at Planet Hollywood, reports the CBC. The driver has not yet been charged, reports KSNV, but police said early Monday morning that her blood is being tested and they expect to charge her within hours.