1 person dead, dozens injured after car plows into pedestrians on Las Vegas Strip

A car ran into at least 20 pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip Sunday night.
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A section of the Las Vegas Strip was shut down Sunday night after a vehicle hit dozens of pedestrians on a sidewalk outside of the Planet Hollywood hotel.

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One person is dead and 36 are injured, News 3 in Las Vegas reports. The driver of the 1996 Oldsmobile fled the scene and turned herself in to security at the nearby Tuscany Suites & Casino. There was a 3-year-old child in the car with her, News 3 reports, and police say drunk driving is suspected. The incident took place as the Miss Universe pageant was finishing up inside Planet Hollywood.

UPDATE: Police said late Sunday they do not consider the incident to be terrorism but they are "treating this as an intentional act."

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Catherine Garcia

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.