A speeding Pontiac Vibe crashed through the Edgewater Hotel & Casino's front doors

The Phoenix resident said she was about 20 feet from the front doors when she caught a glimpse of the silver car that came barreling through.  슬롯사이트 추천

She heard screams and raised an arm to shield herself from flying debris. When she put her arm down and opened her eyes, she saw the car had plowed through rows of slot machines. She saw at least four people sprawled on the floor.

Las Vegas police said that for unknown reasons, a 70-year-old man crashed the 2007 Vibe through the casino's entryway about 9:25 a.m., killing two women and injuring seven other people.

The driver was identified Wednesday evening as Walter McGie of Kelso, Wash., about 70 miles south of Olympia.

At least two of the injured were in critical condition Wednesday afternoon at a nearby hospital, police said. Some of the patrons suffered minor injuries.

Sgt. Oscar Chavez of the Metropolitan Police Department's fatal traffic detail said that the driver was uninjured and that police were interviewing him to get his account of what occurred.

McGie later was booked into Laughlin's Tucker Holding Facility on two counts of felony reckless driving causing death.

Early police reports indicated the driver might have had a medical episode, but an exact reason for the crash had not been given as of Wednesday night. Chavez said alcohol did not appear to be a factor.

Bullhead City Fire Division Chief Bill Kinsey, incident commander for a mutual aid response from the Arizona city across the Colorado River, estimated that the vehicle came to rest 35 feet inside the casino.

"Slot machines were just everywhere, just wiped out, tumbled and tossed," he said.

One of the dead ended up a few feet from the back of the vehicle, Kinsey said. Another was wedged beneath the vehicle and some slot machines.

Power was immediately shut off and the casino area evacuated.

Kinsey said he expected casino security videotapes would show every detail of the crash.

"Those poor people, just minding their own business, and they get plowed over by a vehicle," Kinsey said.

Chavez said the driver was headed east on Bruce Woodbury Drive when he drove through the intersection at Casino Drive, Laughlin's main drag, toward the 26-story hotel on the Colorado River waterfront.

A witness estimated the driver was traveling 60 mph at that point.

Police said the driver didn't stop at the intersection's red traffic light before entering the Edgewater's main driveway. The Pontiac continued east on the west side of the driveway before striking a raised median and returning to the east side of the road, police said.

Chavez said police couldn't find any indication the driver tried to brake. There were no skid marks leading up to the entryway.

Chavez said a few hours after the crash that there was no indication the driver purposely drove through the entrance, though it appeared he had to do some "maneuvering" to crash in the manner he did.

"It's not a straight shot," Chavez said.

One of McGie's sisters, reached Wednesday night in California, said her brother has a mobile home in Laughlin, about 90 miles south of Las Vegas, and goes there for the summer. She hadn't heard about the incident.

Witness Andres Martinez was directing pedestrian traffic at the intersection of Bruce Woodbury and Casino when he saw the speeding car.

"He went by here so fast, I couldn't even tell if there was someone in the car," Martinez, 23, said. "I was thinking to myself, 'Something bad is going to happen.' "