BEIJING (AP) — A car plowed into a crowd of children outside a primary school in northeastern China on Thursday, killing five people and injuring 18, a local government spokesman said. 
 
 The driver was taken into custody after the crash around noon in the coastal city of Huludao in Liaoning province, said the spokesman for Jianchang county in the city's suburbs, who declined to give his name as is standard with Chinese bureaucrats. 
 
 He described the crash as "a major traffic accident" and that the cause was under investigation. 
 
 Security camera footage showed a line of children crossing the street in front of their school when a car approaches, which then changes lanes and swerves into the crowd of children. 
 
 It wasn't clear if the crash was a deliberate attack or whether the driver was swerving to avoid obstacles in front of him. 
 
 Last month, a knife-wielding man drove a vehicle into a crowd of pedestrians in the eastern city of Ningbo, killing two people and wounding 16. 
 
 And in September, 11 people were killed and 44 hospitalized after a man drove an SUV deliberately into people at a plaza in the central province of Hunan, before jumping out and attacking victims with a dagger and shovel. 
 
 Other deadly attacks have occurred at schools, including several in 2010 in which nearly 20 children were killed, prompting a response from top government officials and leading many schools to beef up security. 
 
 However, in June, a man used a kitchen knife to attack three boys and a mother near a school in Shanghai, killing two of the children. Last year, police said a man set off an explosion at the front gate of a kindergarten in eastern China, which struck as relatives gathered to pick up their children at the end of the day, killing eight people. 
 
 The attackers' most common motivations are identified as mental illness or alienation from society and a desire to settle scores. ||||| LAS VEGAS (AP) — The latest on a deadly crash on the Las Vegas Strip (all times local): 
 
 Las Vegas Metro police and crime scene investigators look over a sedan believed to have been involved in an incident where police said a woman intentionally swerved her car into pedestrians on the Las... (Associated Press) 
 
 People crowd on a sidewalk while police cars and ambulances gather on a street after a car drove onto a busy sidewalk and mowed down people outside a casino in Las Vegas, NV., Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015. A... (Associated Press) 
 
 Police and emergency crews respond to the scene of an incident along Las Vegas Boulevard, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015, in Las Vegas. A woman intentionally swerved her car onto a busy sidewalk two or three times... (Associated Press) 
 
 10:40 a.m. 
 
 Authorities say people jumped on a car and banged on its windows as it plowed through pedestrians on a sidewalk on the Las Vegas Strip. 
 
 Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo told reporters Monday that 24-year-old Lakeisha N. Holloway wouldn't stop and it appeared from video that it was an intentional act. Her 3-year-old daughter was in the car but wasn't injured. 
 
 He says that after striking more than two dozen people, Holloway drove to a hotel and told a valet to call 911 after explaining what she had done. 
 
 Lombardo says police believe she had a falling out with the father of her child before the crash. 
 
 A drug recognition expert on the scene determined Holloway was under the influence of a "stimulant," but blood test results are pending. 
 
 He says Holloway was believed to be from Oregon and had been in Las Vegas for about a week. He says investigators believe she was homeless and living in the car. 
 
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 9:55 a.m. 
 
 A government official said five Canadians were injured by a car that crashed into pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip. 
 
 Canada's Global Affairs department spokesman John Babcock said he couldn't immediately provide information on the condition of the Canadian citizens. He says Canada is working with local authorities to provide support and assistance. 
 
 University Medical Center in Las Vegas said it treated people from Montreal who needed a French translator. 
 
 Authorities say a woman drove a car on and off the sidewalk into crowds Sunday night, injuring dozens. She is in custody. She had a 3-year-old in the car with her, but the child wasn't injured. 
 
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 9:15 a.m. 
 
 Prosecutors say they expect to file murder charges and other counts against the driver who crashed into pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip, killing an Arizona woman and injuring dozens of others. 
 
 Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said Monday that the vehicle could be considered a deadly weapon. 
 
 He said, "When a person drives a 2,000-pound-plus motor vehicle intentionally onto a sidewalk, killing and injuring scores of people, that's murder." 
 
 Wolfson didn't identify the woman in custody, but police have said that she's in her 20s and recently came to Vegas. 
 
 A 10 a.m. press conference with the sheriff is scheduled to offer updates on the Sunday night crash. 
 
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 8:15 a.m. 
 
 Officials say a woman from Arizona was killed when a car plowed into pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip. 
 
 Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg (FYOU'-den-berg) said Monday that 32-year-old Jessica Valenzuela of Buckeye, Arizona, died in the crash Sunday night. 
 
 The coroner said the suburban Phoenix woman was visiting Las Vegas with her husband. A cause of death is pending, with an autopsy scheduled Monday. 
 
 Authorities say dozens of others were injured when a woman behind the wheel of a 1996 Oldsmobile sedan intentionally drove on and off the sidewalk into crowds Sunday night. The driver is in custody. 
 
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 7:50 a.m. 
 
 Las Vegas police say that video of a car crashing into pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip "looks like it's very intentional." 
 
 Capt. Brett Zimmerman said Monday that the car was fully on the sidewalk twice, including once when it traveled for 200 feet. He says the car went onto the sidewalk first near a restaurant at the Planet Hollywood hotel-casino and then again at the driveway entrance to the Paris Las Vegas hotel-casino. 
 
 Authorities say the 1996 Oldsmobile sedan intentionally drove on and off the sidewalk into crowds Sunday night, killing one person and injuring dozens of others. The driver is in custody. 
 
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 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. ||||| LYON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WXYZ) - The 7 Investigators have confirmed a big pothole on Pontiac Trail Road in Lyon Township may have been a factor in a crash that killed a father and his 9-year-old son Tuesday morning. 
 
 The crash was witnessed by another driver who has given a statement to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office. He says that the car swerved either after hitting the pothole, or the driver swerved to avoid the pothole. 
 
 The car then crossed the center line and crashed into a Ford Super Duty truck traveling in the other direction. 
 
 “There’s one that’s very bad. The cement is crumbling away,” Nichole Smith said. 
 
 Smith says she drives the road every day to take her two kids to Kent Lake Elementary. 
 
 Pedro Montanez, 36, died at the scene. His son, 9-year-old Steven Montanez was pronounced dead at Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor. His 10-year-old brother Michael has reportedly taken a turn for the worse and is in ICU in the same hospital. Pedro's 6-year-old daughter was not seriously injured. The driver of the truck was not injured. 
 
 “All I saw was this smashed up car and a little girl’s backpack sitting on the trunk of the car,” Smith adds. “I started tearing up.” 
 
 The pothole is on the right side of the lane on westbound Pontiac Trail, west of Martindale. Montanez was taking his kids to school at 8 a.m. when the crash happened. 
 
 Craig Bryson with the Road Commission for Oakland County tells 7 Investigator Jim Kiertzner the potholes on that road have been a problem for years. They had a crew fill them in with cold patch last Friday and again after the crash on Tuesday after the cold patch did not hold. 
 
 Was this big pothole life and death? “Let’s put it into perspective,” Bryson said. Bryson says 20,000 cars drive that stretch of road daily and the cold patch does not stay in place. Bryson added, “and we have one crash. To jump to the conclusion that potholes are going to cause fatal crashes everywhere they occur, that’s not a logical conclusion.” 
 
 Craig Poet is with the Kent Lake Elementary PTO which is doing a fundraiser for the family. He showed 7 Investigator Jim Kiertzner the big pothole. 
 
 "When something like this happens it is heart-wrenching because it could be one of your own children," Poet said. 
 
 An account to help the family has been set up at First Merit Bank in South Lyon located at 419 S. Lafayette. You can donate money in their name at the bank. 
 
 Checks can be mailed to the Kent Lake Elementary PTO Montanez Family account. 
 
 The address is: 
 
 Kent Lake Elementary 
 
 30181 Kent Lake Rd 
 
 South Lyon MI 48178
– A car plowed into a crowd of children outside a primary school in northeastern China on Thursday, killing five people and injuring 18, a local government spokesman said. The driver was taken into custody after the crash around noon in the coastal city of Huludao in Liaoning province, the spokesman said. He described the crash as "a major traffic accident" and that the cause was under investigation. Disturbing security camera footage showed a line of children crossing the street in front of their school when a car approaches, which then changes lanes and swerves into the crowd of children, the AP reports. It wasn't clear if the crash was a deliberate attack or whether the driver was swerving to avoid obstacles in front of him. (Last month, 14 children were injured in a stabbing attack in Chongqinq.)