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Others take into umc. A family from montreal, canada has been impacted. Translators. Your heart goes out to those folks and all their families outside of the United States or outside of nevada who are now trying to get information on their loved ones. Collects some of the positive was the response. They were more than 70 officers immediately. Many have been there throughout the evening. We have metro that is stationed all along the strip. We have saturation patrol that responded immediately. That is right there across the so their response was immediate. Another positive is the fact that we had a Level One Trauma Center within just a couple of miles. Really, if you are going to have an accident of this magnitude, the response is in place. We have what is needed in terms of response. Now, it will turn to what we do to make sure it doesnt happen again. Marie you are looking live again at las vegas boulevard, which is shut down to the public. Lets get you over to the Tuscany Hotel where we have another life camera, where the vehicle that was involved in this is now in the parking lot. The driver, police say, drover self here to the Tuscany Hotel. This is a ways east. There is the vehicle that we presume was involved. That was where she turned where she took a sobriety test to test if she had alcohol or drugs in her system. Where this woman is now, we do not know. We are awaiting another press conference by police. Again, this is another big area crash occurred. 37 people were hit tonight. We have another witness joining us now via telephone. You want to remind you that you are live on the air. Please tell us what you saw and start with your name if you would. My name is Michael Jackson and i have from los angeles california. Where were you when this happened . We were driving down las vegas boulevard. We had just left paris hotel. We were in the car, and my we were one lane away from the sidewalk. It was moving pretty slowly and a guy was behind the car trying to get it to stop. When it comes up to a group of people, the car accelerated. It accelerated and just plowed through the group of people. We were in shock. There was a lady that was stuck under the car. She was laying between the curb and the street but wasnt moving at all. Some guys jumped on the hood of her car and started banging on it to try to get her to stop. Then the car accelerated again and that guy flew off the car and landed on flamingo road. We saw of the car. We appreciate you giving your testimony. We have been hearing from various witnesses throughout the evening. This certainly does jive with what we already heard, that the driver got out to the curb and drove away. We know we ended up we know she ended up in tuscany where the car ended up on the scene right now. The car is a piece of evidence that has been viewed and is being looked at. They are going to look at it for any possible mechanical issues. The woman, the female driver, was there, turned herself in to security, agreed to a sobriety test, and was detained. That is the update we are waiting to hear. What she still there, has she been taken to the police we waiting for that information. Another piece of information that we have received that has not been confirmed is that there was a child with her. Approximately a threeyearold female child. Was that her child . We dont know. This is information we are trying to confirm so that we can add to the story and figure out exactly what happened. Marie a lot of people describing this as a surreal scene. You heard that person on the phone, they were driving and they saw this car accelerated and get on the sidewalk. Another person said that the car was a bowling ball in her mind. People were like pins. Her husband, a surgeon, jumped out of their vehicle and start helping out and started helping out even know at one moment, she thought this was not she thought that maybe it was a the crowds. Sadly, that was not the case. The crowds were in fact part of a horrifying incidents, where up on the sidewalk. Police will be looking into whether this was an intentional act or whether this was an accident or any medical condition involved here. We talk about the response. It was incredible that we had 70 people from clark county fire alone respond as soon as they could. You were talking about the Police Presence where they have these units that can quickly to pass quickly to send on a scene as needed. Response was tremendous. We have been hearing with hearing from witnesses throughout the night, people who were driving by and also people who were walking with that crowd lets listen to one of the women we spoke to just a short time ago. Literally, they were this high in the air. I saw them above the car level flying off. That was really scary. Marie the man on the right, that is her husband. A surgeon who tried to help as quickly as he could. We have a lot of people, so many people on the strip who immediately pulled out their cell phones and started posting things on social media. Lets show you that part of the story. This appears to be from a hotel room, pretty high Vantage Point. This is the scene you normally see on a sunday night. This is not a scene you police confirming a major accident here on the strip. Another Vantage Point, someone saying this is a hit and run. Another person seeing one of these posts that they were praying for those involved. 37 people affected here, one confirmed dead. We want to mention that we appreciate all of you that have been in contact with us, whether the authorities or viewers, residents, everyday citizens. I know i have been getting many messages from people. The information. We will report the facts that we know to be facts and we will try to decipher what we can and bring it all to you. That is our job in all of this. You look at the picture there and you see showgirls walking in the back and it almost doesnt seem real. This is a place for entertainment, fun, where people are supposed to go and have a great time. All of that went to a all of that came to a screeching halt after this accident in which 37 people were hurt, at least one of them fatally injured. We are once again awaiting a press conference from metro police. We know that theyre going to get to us but they also have a very busy job. One of their jobs is to keep the public informed keep the public informed. One way they do that is to give us the information and we relate to you. Were hearing now that two minutes from now is when that press conference will take place. We are on standby just as you are and we are going to continue to report the information as we marie as we wait for metro to the scene. It is closed at flamingo. You can see this see the free from you can see the freeway signs lit up. We saw flashing lights at the ramp leading into flamingo. Clearly, metro will be at the hours. One thing they are likely doing is trying to instill called trying to instill calm for the crowds. They just want to get back to their hotel rooms, they just want to make it home as well. Police are not only killing with an active Police Investigation and securing that and try to find all the evidence they need, but they also have to deal with the public. The driver of the vehicle, we have somebody detained. Toddler in the vehicle that was three years old and a toddler is on and the toddler is unharmed. We are still conducting our investigation and trying to figure out how and why. Female driver, female toddler . I dont know the gender of either. What about the breathalyzer . The way our investigation is run, we would we have drug recognition officers to check and see if that driver was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. We would also take the breath in regards to whether they were intoxicated. I was told that the driver went onto the sidewalk, got off the sidewalk, got back onto the it does sound like this happened in two separate it was in two separate locations. I do not have the info you smoke, but we do know is to sever locate info you gave, but we do know it is to separate locations and the driver did go off and then back onto the area where pedestrians were. A specific individual or pedestrians . I dont know if she sped up. If there is any evidence we will be able to. If there are any witnesses or were going to be out here most of the night. We would like to talk to you and get a statement from you. If not, then tomorrow, you can call the homicide extension 70 28283521, and we will set up an interview with any other witnesses that were able to come tonight. Is this considered a homicide . That is where we are taking the criminal part of this at this point. From what i have been told, this person went up onto the sidewalk is she from las vegas . She may have been here for at least a week. The information we got was that she may have been here for a short period of time. That might come out later. Gretzky could you help identify the type of vehicle involved could you help identify the type of vehicle involved . I was told it was a 96 oldsmobile. If you could walk our viewers through how long this might be closed, where the closure points are . That has yet to be determined. We will have to wait until they are done with their measurements. Just like any other we have to measure and see all the different points where people were injured. I would expect to have this close most of the night. Have this closed most of the night. When people were critically injured, was at the first time or second time she was on the sidewalk . Once we put the pieces together, we will get you as much as we can tonight as it comes to us. Sheriff lombardo will have a brief tomorrow at the press conference. Right now, we are still checking on conditions of the victims and trying to be sitting together on how this occurred. How many of the injured are children . That i do not know. Do we know that there are children injured . I dont know the ages or the genders. Thank you very much folks, appreciated. Appreciate it. Marie just wrapping up another press conference. Metro saying this may have been an intentional act and that this is a criminal investigation at this moment. A possible homicide. When they do call in their a possibility. That doesnt mean it necessarily will be considered a homicide. We learned some other new information, and that is that there were actually two areas where the pedestrians were hit. Apparently this driver drove onto the curb, hit one group of people, got back off the curb, and then drove again on to the two incidents here. Another piece of information that was offered up initially, there were some reports from people on the scene that there were some gunshots. Police now say that there were no gunshots. Also, this was not an act of terrorism. However, as marie mentioned, this was possibly an intentional act, and that is how they are leaning. It has not been confirmed but that is how they are leaning. Lets go back live to Kelsey Thomas who is on the scene. Bring us up to speed. Kelsey i think the most shocking thing out of that News Conference is that this might have been intentional. The other shocking information was that there was a toddler in that car. The car that went up onto the sidewalk and injured people. 37 people were injured, six of those critically. They do believe it was intentional, but they are still working to determine what is this intentional to determine was this an accident, was this intentional . A big part. They talked about how they were two areas where these pedestrians were hit. She went up onto the sidewalk they said, than that then back onto the street, then back onto the sidewalk. As we told you earlier, that woman said that there was a family that was actually from canada. We do know that 37 people were injured a tragedy out were injured. It is hard to got hard to not get emotional when you see what is happening out here. Marie a surreal scene behind kelsey. The Las Vegas Strip is empty. This is not new years eve. If this was new years eve, that area would be full of people. Instead, it is full of police and crime scene tape. They are marking where people were being treated, where one person lost his or her life. Gerard we just heard an update from deputy chief Brad Zimmerman and captain brad mcgrath and captain mcgrath. This woman, while she has not been identified, is a relatively new resident to las vegas. The other bit of information that was confirmed for us, and this was unconfirmed earlier, was that there was a threeyearold toddler with her in the car. The woman does not appear to be injured either. She has been detained. Certainly, they are trying to to do this possibly intentional act. Marie kelsey mentioned in the role. But also the witnesses. They said there were hundreds of people out there on the strip. So far, a few dozen witnesses have come forward to help police in their investigation and now they are putting out a phone number. Why dont we try to get this for you on the bottom of our screen . You may know somebody who was there. The number to call is 702 8283521. That will take you directly to homicide investigators. If you may know something, you could help police put together obviously, a very fluid situation. So many moving parts. They are trying to piece this case together. No doubt that is why you will see the boulevard close down through the early morning. Gerard we heard earlier tonight that that might be closed for up to 24 hours. There are as a lot of there is a lot of evidence being gathered, a lot of people to talk to. We heard from the captain that if you are in the area, in a hotel room, walking by, driving by, if you saw something, we want to hear from you. We have Antonio Castelan ready to join us once again. What can you tell us . Antonio this is the closest that metro police are allowing us to get. There are several metro Police Investigate what is now a homicide investigation. People are coming out here and looking at this crass investigation and are just in shock this crash investigation and are just in shock. The sentiment from all those i have talked to, they are glad that they werent walking on the sidewalk. We see some plants that are torn up, some fences ripped apart from that crash. This is the first spot where the car went up on the curb. Usually, this is an area where there are hundreds of tourists just walking by. A lot of the tourists are asking me how to get to their hotel rooms. It has been a mess for those tourists, just trying to figure out the best way to get to those hotel rooms. They are looking into what may have caused this accident. I am told that at least 75 officers are on las vegas boulevard trying to investigate this accident. A lot of people are trying to figure out why anyone would do this. A lot of people including myself just cant believe that we are looking at las vegas boulevard as a ghost town. Marie we see metro doing their work, what is being done with if anyone helping them get back to their hotel rooms . What is being done to instill some sense of calm and normalcy if you can even do that . Antonio the Planet Hollywood security have been very helpful. The tourists are going to them and asking them how they can get to their hotel rooms. The Security Officers are trying their best to direct them. There is a language problem. Some of these tourists are coming up to me and asking me where to go. Because these people are from lebanon, korea, china. The only like i had were people from south america and latin america. Their own. Some of the tourists. Whenever there, if you can swing the camera to the security guys at right over they are just trying to get north of here. Marie it is a cold night on the Las Vegas Strip. Thank you for that. One of the people i spoke to was from southern california. Th just saw tragedy unfold there. Security is so top of mindndor him, perhaps he came to las vegas to escape all of that, celebrate something. Now he is left shaken. Metro, this was not an act of terror. It may have been an accident that is intentional, and is being investigated that way, as a possible homicide. As to how this started. It started four hours ago when this crash occurred. A female driver was heading north on las vegas boulevard, drove off the boulevard onto the then drove back onto the boulevard and returned a few feet away back onto the crowd of people. When all was said and done, 37 victims, one unfortunately was fatal. Several were critical, six at least critical condition, the majority, including an 11yearold child, in serious condition. They were all transported to the most areas taken to our number one Trauma Center on charleston, umc. That is what we know at this point. Marie lets take you over to the Tuscany Hotel. That is a big part in this investigation. You can see the flashing police lights, but also is this vehicle. That is the vehicle involved in this crash, this now deadly strip crash. We understand it was a woman in this car, not from las vegas. She had been in loss biggest for about a week, whether she moved here are this was a temporary visit, that is not clear to us. The vehicle does not have nevada plates. This woman not from las vegas. She was given a sobriety test, we believe, alcohol, drugs, the results still unclear. Has been detained. It was confirmed that she had a three year little girl with her at the time, a toddler, and that little girl not harmed. Gerard we just heard from the deputy chief and captain, both from metro. They are obviously questioning this woman, the person responsible for this tragedy. We are also looking at evidence at the scene. They are looking at two scenes, the scene at the tuscany, where the vehicle involved is being inspected, then you have the crime scene where the accident took place, the to crime scenes, i should say now. Those areas will be investigated throughout the night for 24 hours. There is a third element that could help in this investigation. You heard the plea from the deputy chief. They would like witnesses to come ford. If you are in a hotel room on or driving by. We heard from a witness who was driving by earlier. She described what she saw. All of you are encouraged to call the homicide hotline and leave your statement, speak to a detective directly. This will help us figure out exactly what happened here, and ultimately, you know, this may end up in court. It probably will end up in court good some of you may have to testify down the road at some point. This is a situation that deserves answers. Marie just the beginning of an investigation that will likely go on for quite some time. You can just here perhaps so much shock, the tourists that are there on the strip, but from a reporters as well, who have lived in las vegas for quite some time. Kelsey was saying that this is a sad day in las vegas. To hear that the boulevard is a ghost town, and a crime scene on top of that . Unbelievable. Gerard they do it to honor strip veterans, on new years eve every year because we have so many visitors, and then unfortunate, it does happen occasionally when there is some type of tragic incident, such as tonights crash. I recall when the cosmopolitan fire occurred. It was shut down for a time. Then there was a similar crash 10 years ago in september, when a driver drove up onto the curb in front of ballys, right into a crowd of people there, three people ultimately killed, too initially, one died later on, and 13 injured. Similar in that. Hallucinating and saw demons, and was trying to get rid of the demons by driving into them. Hopefully we will know what this womans intentions were, and what she possibly saw, and hopefully the answers will be forthcoming soon. Marie i was here at the time. There was an offduty metro officer having lunch not too far away. He ran down the street when he saw the chaos. He tried as help as much as we could. That is something that we have seen here tonight. This is video from 2005, we see the car hitting the barricade there. The car finally coming to a stop. The driver ultimately did cause a lot of harm, ultimately three people killed. Going back to tonight, weve heard from people one person was a surgeon. He and his family were going up the strip in their car. His wife said she could not it was like it was out of the movie, so surreal. There and help the victims of this horrible crash. Many of them just out on the strip, all on the sidewalk, doing what they are supposed to be doing. In one case, at least one, an entire family may have been involved, visiting from montreal. Many of those victims were at unc. Going back to witnesses recollections and thoughts, we have a little bit of that tape it we will play it for you now. Suddenly i just saw a car driving on the sidewalk. I was thinking, why is this guy driving very fast, he or she, i dont know, then i suddenly saw people fly in the air. It was like marie it just gives you chills when you hear hurt tell that. That is her husband, the surgeon who immediately got out and started helping people. That is in addition to the in clark county fire, 70 people came out. That is what they plan for this is part of their training to just like that, 70 of their crew came out to help the victims that were there on the ground. For metro, another 75 came over. This is one of the most iconic roads in the world. Las vegas does a great job of making sure it is kept safe, as much as they can. Obviously, you have a car ramming people, you can only do so much in that moment, but that moment, but the people who came on immediately after, no doubt it was an incredible scene. Gerd before we even knew what authorities knew what was notified. We heard from him shortly after the incident, that he was in contact with sheriff lombardo, in contact with the Fusion Center based here in las vegas. You who dont know, is a standalone unit that houses representatives from metro, county, and various police agencies. You have state, and also federal authorities there as well. You have fbi there as well. On the phone with us now, we have stacy from sunrise hospital. She is a spokesperson there with an update on the number of patients taken there. Thank you for joining us. Tell us what you know. Sure. We have 11 patients. Eight are in good condition. Three of them are in fair condition. Marie that is encouraging news, stacy. We appreciate you taking time to chat with us during obviously what is an incredible night over there. We have some encouraging news, some people upgraded. That is good for where are these people from . Can you tell us if they are from out of state . Unfortunate, we cant release were giving this update is patients come in. Right now, were focused on treating them and making sure their wellbeing is taken care of. We are notifying family members that are trying to get a hold of them as well. Gerard we heard earlier that many of them were from canada. Im not sure that something you can confirm. Have they been asking for interpreters . We dont have any information on that either. We do have all adults, so that is a part of the information we have. At a level to Trauma Center, we are always prepared to handle mass cavities like this. Right now we just have status information. Marie can you tell us about the response . We know that you work so well with other area hospitals, where a lot of these patients were taken. What was it like for your staff the moment the 911 calls were made . Collaboratively with other hospitals in the area, sore always prepared for these kind of incident. We work with our ems partners as well to make sure we are making space in our emergency apartment for patients, meeting their needs, as well as any trauma needs they might have. We are always prepared for anything that might happen like this. Gerard stacy at sunrise hospital, spokesperson. We know you have some important work to do tonight to we appreciate you taking time to fill us in and fill our viewers in on whats happening there, and where certainly appreciative of the good news from the patients you are treating as well. So, we hope you will stand touch, and we will check in with you later on. Thank you. Marie speaking of the First Responder situation, we do have a live crew at unc. That is another hospital that took in so many people victims. Thats where we have craig. Can you hear us . The camera is still being set up apologies for that, but we are at unc. The numbers we have now from unc as far as patients go, 15 total patients brought here after that disaster on the Las Vegas Strip. One patient has died. We do have that confirmed. The other patients here range in ages, parents, middleaged adults, one was an 11yearold child. There injures range from serious to critical. That is the most specific they would be at this time. When asked whether or not the Trauma Center was overwhelmed for a time when these patients began to arrive here after their injuries, the ambulances are arriving here, if there were too many at one time. They said, no, they do prepare for this. They have an accordion style level of staffing, building in new staffers and doctors to handle the er, and do so when they are getting a sudden rush of patients. The hospital, from unc, who helped us understand a little bit about what they are dealing with at this hour tonight. A typical activation, a full activation, is about 12 people surrounding the patient at one time. If we need surgeons, we have three operating rooms in the back, and the passions can go back to surgery itself are we have not taken any into surgeries. We are back in two live. 15 patients brought here tonight , one person confirmed dead, the others recovering at unc from everything from serious to critical injuries. That is how they are being described. Back to you. Marie tense scene behind him, so many people doing what they can to save as many lives as possible. Gerard absolutely, a busy night there. Sometimes in the past, i know there have been a shortage of blood following a Major Incident know many of you have a generous heart, especially during this time of year, wondering what we can do. I would say give your local blood bank a call tomorrow, because there may be an immediate need to help out some of these victims. We will get information about any drives or donation efforts, if those arises well. Thats one of the stories that will follow. People will know will want to know what they can do once they start learning about these victims here, where they are from, and what can be done. Certainly at this moment, everything is being done to help them that is possible. They are in good care. Unc has the staff, the equipment, they are a quick for this kind of tragedy, this kind of trauma. So they are in as good of hands as they can be at this point. Marie one thing you can help properties, metro is asking for any witnesses to come for to give them a call. The homicide line is 7028283521. Again, 7028283521. That is the number to call. The captain was saying there were hundreds of people out there when this incident happened. At this point, a few dozen have come up to tell them what they have seen. Metro wants to hear from everyone who couldve been there. They have all the surveillance cameras up and down the strip, all these different corners. Gerard the eyewitness accounts are second to none. The strip as well. I understand you have one witness with you, someone who saw what happened. Antonio thats right. Witnesses. What im seeing metro police doing, witnesses they want to talk to they are taking them putting them into a room on the second floor, and thats where they are interviewing these witnesses. Whether they are witnesses who saw what happened one of the witnesses is from germany, andre is. What did you see . I dont see something, but i heard a lot. I come out from Planet Hollywood to smoke some cigarettes and i heard a loud bam and someone scream, oh, my god. What happened . What happened . But i dont really see something else, what a lot of people stand around here and screaming, oh, my god. This is so terrible. This is a horrible. Like you said, you saw the people on the ground, and thats where many people are saying that they witnessed, the people laying on the ground after the woman ran over them. A lot of people are just coming in trying to figure out what this crash scene is all about. Back to you. Marie thank you so much for that. Once again, somebody saying obviously here for a vacation, and this man did not witness it, but heard the sound of impact in a devastating, caddick seen. Gerard absolutely. We have commissioner steve sisolak. We appreciate you joining us. Weve have been talking about how those authorities have been informed and cap abreast of the situation throughout the night. Kept abreast of the situation throughout the night. I have been in contact with the sheriff and the Fire Department, and i continued that the men and women of metro and Clark County Fire Department right now, there is an ongoing investigation, and they plan to sometime. Gerard commissioner, im guessing that one of the discussions that will be Commission Hearing is going to be, hey, what can we do about keeping these pedestrian safe. Ive been here a number of years and remember back in 2005 following the incident in front discussion about that then, and they did erect some of those pedestrian walkway bridges. Im guessing that we will talk about these barriers between the las vegas boulevard and the sidewalks themselves. Im sure it is premature. What we are looking at is the care for the individuals injured here, and the families involved. We are doing everything we can to protect the taurus in town, certainly thats one of the reasons that we have the bridges for the pedestrians to keep them out of harms way, and this is just an unfortunate tragedy and we would do everything we can to protect tourists. Marie commissioner, there were are a lot of people on the strip looking for a good time, and unbelievably their vacations were changed and went in a different direction. People who are shaken and shocked right now pretty few can like to say . Could you somewhat calm their this is not the norm or our city. Is is certainly not the norm for our city. It is an isolated incident. Unfortunately, it happened. It can happen anywhere. Our First Responders did a phenomenal job providing care to those who were injured. Unfortunate, it did happen. We will continue to pursue other options to make tourists more boulevard. Like i said, the sheriff and the Fire Department have done just an absolutely incredible job responding to this, dealing with a very, very difficult situation , and our thoughts and prayers are with the family of all those involved. Gerard listen, we know you are very busy. We appreciate your time and the fact that you and the sheriff and the governor and all our elected officials in all of our First Responders and authorities are working hard on this and doing all you can to keep us safe, so thank you for that. We will be speaking to you much more in the coming days, im sure. Thank you for joining us. Thank you very much. Marie so many thoughts and prayers being sent out to those dealing with so much pain right now. One family dealing with a loss. 37 victims in this deadly strip crash, one person has lost his or her life. You are looking at live pictures of las vegas boulevard, which four hours. This crash reported after 6 40 p. M. Tonight, and metro will not be leaving the scene for quite some time. This will go into the Morning Hours for sure. Gerard so many questions remain about the intent behind this crash. Was it in fact intentional . We are learning more about the female driver appeared we do know should the female driver. We do know that she was new to las vegas pitch he did have a threeyearold child in that vehicle when she commended that crash. Committed that crash. Her name has not been released, but she submitted to a field sobriety test. She has been cooperative, to some extent. She drove to the tuscany and turned herself into security. We heard from the captain earlier this evening that in fact they believe this may have been intentional. That is where they are leaning. It may be even more tragic if we find out that this was an intentional act, but on that note, we are expecting yet another press conference coming up from metro authorities, and we understand that we may be just a few minutes away from their latest update. We encourage you to stay tuned for the latest information. Marie metro is doing quite a lot. They are updating the media. Obviously, this is the way we can get information out to so many people who not only are visiting the Las Vegas Strip, but many who will be working in the coming hours, who will be leaving home. This intersection is completely shut down. Metro has secured this area. This is an active investigation. Homicide investigators have now moved in, and the fatal investigators, those responding to quite a deadly year, by the way, we should point out. They are here tonight taking a they can. Then there is crowd control, traffic. As i was making my way to the station from the south end of the valley, you will see the freeway signs lit up, alerting people that there are voters from flamingo action, the police ramps coming in before 8 00 tonight, there were metro car station there. So the not letting anybody make their way close to this portion of las vegas boulevard. You will not be able to walk on las vegas boulevard. You will not be able to drive tyler. Either. Some of the casinos in that area, paris, ballys, they are connected, so you can walk through those two casinos if youre wanting to get through that area, but you will not be able to walk in the area that is now considered a crime scene, being investigated by homicide detectives. There are two areas where that car jump the curb. As we heard reported earlier, the driver initially drove over the curb, back onto las vegas boulevard, then back onto the curb again, which resulted in a crash involving two groups of pedestrians, so that is the scene out there at this point. Marie the other senior looking at here is actually the Tuscany Hotel casino seen you are looking at here is actually the Tuscany Hotel casino. Involved in this. The driver not from las vegas, about a week. The license plates are not nevada plates. This car here with the windshield, unfortunately, you can assume that windshield suffer damage with a victim. That is impact from some of the pedestrians that this vehicle came into contact with on the strip. Again, 37 victims in all, one fatality, many of these victims still in critical condition, still fighting for their lives. The youngest is an 11yearold in can serious and she is in serious condition at unc. Gerard the windshield is obviously cracked in several the driverside mirror looks damage, bent over. This is a new picture we are showing you now. We have not have this Vantage Point previously. The pieces are starting to come together in this story. Unfortunately, being investigated as a possible intentional act, as a homicide homicide. More information is forthcoming. Not just being attained, she is in custody while they determine what motive she could have had to commit such a heinous and terrible act. Marie as we go between these live shots, you can see from the different Vantage Points, the strip. There is metro closing off the boulevard. You see backup just south of this intersection. Then we have another ground shot at one scene, at one place, one location where this car hit the curb. Here it is at the miracle mile in front of Planet Hollywood. You see all the people trying to make their way back to their hotel rooms. One man said we were just walking through that area. It could have been me, my family. Another tourist from germany said he did not see it, but heard the impact, and then he heard all of the people reacting with such intensity, with such shock and horror. Interview with the womans husband, who is a surgeon. They were in a vehicle making their way northbound on the boulevard. He jumped out while she was dealing with the shock and watching, she thought it wasnt real. She thought it was a scene for a movie, some sort of entertainment show. The husband got out of his vehicle and tried to help people as in as possible. Gerard that thought that perhaps it was a movie scene is not unrealistic, because they do film plenty of movies in las vegas and use the strip often, so that might have been my initial reaction as well if i had seen what was happening there and the chaos. There were people who were eating in the outdoor patio still when this was happening. Who knows what they mustve gone through when they saw this. Marie remember the woman who is married to the surgeon, the car was like a bowling ball and the pins. Its heartbreaking when you hear that. You put yourself in the place of these people. They were in las vegas for something much more uplifting, much lighter, and their plans for a happy vacation were halted. Gerard absolutely. We are coming up on the top of the hour. We have full, complete coverage for you prepared to let you know exactly what happened here tonight. We have live crews all over the Las Vegas Strip standing by. We have a crew at the hospital, where the most serious patients were taken up it we expect another update from metro police on the situation, the investigation, and we hope you will stay with us throughout the next half hour. We are coming up on news three live at 11 00, scheduled to begin in less than a minute. Marie it is such an incredible, dynamic situation. Boulevard and flamingo, and you see traffic, and think it does not look that bad him a but that we can tell you from several of these Vantage Points that it is a horrifying scene. Metro police will beginning us another briefing in about 15 minutes. This will be the last update of the night. So we are expecting some crucial information, some information that will tide us over until the next update tomorrow morning. By the way, one of those updates will be coming from sheriff joe lombardo, who in less than a week has been at the forefront of updating the public. We saw not too long ago that officerinvolved shooting where that officer was able to survive. During that manhunt, the sheriff was giving us updates, and you can expect tomorrow when we have another update another one in about 15 minutes. Im Gerard Ramalho joined by marie mortera

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