( CNN ) -- Two people died Wednesday when a car crashed into the front entrance of a Laughlin , Nevada , casino , police said . The silver car crashed into the Edgewater Casino about 9:30 a.m. , said Barbara Morgan , spokeswoman for Las Vegas Metropolitan Police . Clark County Fire Department spokesman Scott Allison said the driver , an elderly man , was not one of the fatalities . Both victims were patrons sitting at a large bank of slot machines at the front of the casino , he said . Five people , including the driver , were taken to hospitals , Allison said . He described one as `` a major injury '' with multiple fractures . Five others were treated on the scene and released , he said . Allison said authorities suspect that the driver may have had `` a medical episode '' that caused the crash . Witnesses said the car was traveling at a high speed when it hit the building , Morgan said . Las Vegas Metropolitan Police were at the scene , she said , because the department has a substation in Laughlin , about 70 miles southeast of the city . The casino is on a highway known as `` the second strip , '' in reference to the Las Vegas Strip . CNN 's Sara Pratley and Melanie Whitley contributed to this report .
Police car at front entrance of Edgewater Casino in Laughlin . Victims were seated at bank of slot machines inside car . Elderly driver might have had ` ` medical episode , '' authorities said .