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Every human life is precious and sacred. Killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Derived from Al Quran 5:32/33)
Updated 5:10 AM ET, Mon December 21, 2015
At least one person has been killed
(CNN) A driver careened into a crowded sidewalk several times on the Las Vegas Strip, injuring over 30 people in what authorities described as an “intentional” act.
At least one person was killed and 37 others injured near the Paris Las Vegas Hotel on Sunday night, authorities said.
Authorities said the woman was driving down Las Vegas Boulevard before her car jumped onto the sidewalk and struck pedestrians.
She returned to the sidewalk at different spots and hit more people before barreling down the road, according to witnesses.
Arrested
Police arrested the driver, and she is undergoing tests for alcohol and controlled substances. A 3-year-old in the car with her was unharmed.
Authorities ruled out terrorism, saying an initial investigation shows the driver did it deliberately.
“This was not an act of terrorism,” Deputy Police Chief Brett Zimmerman said. “We are treating this as an intentional act.”
The driver, who is in her 20s, went on the sidewalk at least three or four times, according to Zimmerman.
Homicide division officials are looking at numerous surveillance videos from the Strip.
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One of the videos in CNN says that the driver was an African-American lady.