Miss UniversePost-Event Vehicle Attack
A driver repeatedly drove a 1996 Oldsmobile onto crowded sidewalks on the Las Vegas Strip near the Miss Universe pageant venue, striking pedestrians near Planet Hollywood and Paris Las Vegas. Police said the act appeared intentional and not terrorism.
Incident Overview
What happened
A driver repeatedly drove a 1996 Oldsmobile onto crowded sidewalks on the Las Vegas Strip near the Miss Universe pageant venue, striking pedestrians near Planet Hollywood and Paris Las Vegas. Police said the act appeared intentional and not terrorism.
Date: 20 December 2015. The user-supplied date 21/12/2015 matches the main reporting and charging updates published the next day.
Location: Sidewalk areas outside Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino and Paris Las Vegas on South Las Vegas Boulevard, near Bellagio Way, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, United States. One source also described the road closure area as between Harmon and Flamingo. Exact source wording includes “in front of the Paris Hotel & Casino and Planet Hollywood,” “near Bellagio Way,” and “between Harmon and Flamingo.”
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Injuries: Early reporting ranged from at least 14 injured to 35 or 36 injured, with some reports also referring to 37 total victims including the fatality. Later follow-up and charging coverage commonly stated 35 injured plus 1 dead.
Fatalities: 1 fatality reported. The victim was identified in multiple follow-up reports as Jessica Valenzuela, 32, of Buckeye, Arizona.
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Reuters early report on 21 December 2015 said “at least 14” injured. https://www.reuters.com/article/las-vegas-crash-death-idUSL1N14A06520151221/
Guardian and local follow-up reports said 36 injured, while later Guardian, Review-Journal, and AP/CBS-linked coverage commonly stated 35 injured plus 1 fatality. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/21/multiple-casualties-car-pedestrians-las-vegas-strip ; https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/21/las-vegas-strip-intentional-car-crash-three-people-critical-condition ; https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/prosecutors-add-dozens-of-charges-in-fatal-strip-crash/ ; https://www.cbsnews.com/news/las-vegas-strip-crash-driver-identified-as-lakeisha-holloway/
The variation appears to reflect early incomplete hospital counts, then later revised counts, and in some reports whether the fatality was included in a “37 victims” total.
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Guardian initial report said six critically injured. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/21/multiple-casualties-car-pedestrians-las-vegas-strip
City of Las Vegas post said seven critical; Reuters and later Guardian follow-up said three critical remained, with two serious at UMC. https://x.com/cityoflasvegas/status/678798688500580352 ; https://www.reuters.com/article/world/oregon-woman-held-in-las-vegas-strip-sidewalk-rampage-drove-with-licence-suspend-idUSKBN0U409M/ ; https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/21/las-vegas-strip-intentional-car-crash-three-people-critical-condition
These figures changed during the first day as hospital assessments were updated.
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