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The Latest: 4 Oregon college students injured in Vegas crash

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The latest on a deadly crash on the Las Vegas Strip (all times local):

7:20 a.m.

Four college students from Oregon were among those hurt when a vehicle plowed into pedestrians on a sidewalk outside a Las Vegas Strip casino.

Pacific University spokesman Joe Lang says the students are members of the wrestling team and were in Las Vegas to compete in a tournament. He says 19 athletes and coaches were walking together Sunday night when the woman swerved onto the sidewalk.

The crash killed one person and injured dozens of others.

Lang says three of the four injured students were taken to a hospital. Two students were later released, and the other was kept overnight for observation.

He says the team won’t compete in Monday’s tournament.

Pacific University is based in Forest Grove, about 30 miles west of Portland.

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7:10 a.m.

A hospital official says three people who were injured in a crash on the Las Vegas Strip are in critical condition.

University Medical Center spokeswoman Danita Cohen said Monday that their life-threatening injuries are being closely monitored at the Las Vegas hospital.

Authorities say a car intentionally drove on-and-off the sidewalk into crowds near the Planet Hollywood casino-hotel Sunday night, mowing down dozens of pedestrians. The driver is in custody.

Cohen says two others at the hospital are in serious condition. One person died there, and the rest brought in for treatment have been released, including an 11-year-old.

By 6 a.m., the Las Vegas Strip had reopened after being closed for nearly 12 hours.


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