[h=1]Woman who crashed into Las Vegas strip pedestrians, killing one, now faces 71 charges in deadly wreck[/h]
[h=2]Lakeisha Nicole Holloway, 24, of Oregon, hit a large crowd of people Dec. 20, police said.[/h]
LAS VEGAS — An Oregon woman facing a murder charge for killing a woman when she drove onto a sidewalk and caused chaos on the Las Vegas Strip was charged on Wednesday with dozens more counts, including attempted murder, for harming other pedestrians, prosecutors said.
Lakeisha Holloway, 24, has been charged with 71 counts, most of them for attempted murder and battery with a deadly weapon for striking more than 30 people with her car on Dec. 20, according to the charging document.
Holloway was originally charged with murder in the death of an Arizona woman, as well as child abuse or neglect for having her 3-year-old daughter in the car's backseat and failure to stop at the scene of a collision, for a total of three counts.
The failure to stop charge was dropped, but the other charges remained, and Holloway has also been charged with another count of child abuse for striking an 11-year-old boy with her car, prosecutors said.
Holloway, who police say was living in her car with her daughter for about a week before the incident, had already faced the possibility of life in prison if convicted of murder.
"These additional charges reflect the totality of the lives impacted by the defendant's actions," Clark County District Attorney Steven Wolfson said in a statement.
The deadly scene on the Las Vegas Strip, an international tourist destination, unfolded as Holloway repeatedly drove her Oldsmobile sedan onto the sidewalk, ramming pedestrians, police said.
Holloway faces the possibility of more than 1,000 years behind bars if she is convicted and given consecutive prison terms for each offense, Wolfson said. Holloway showed little emotion as she appeared in a Las Vegas court on Wednesday in a blue jail outfit and handcuffs.
Prosecutors have not said what may have motivated Holloway to drive onto the sidewalk, but they have called her act intentional.
Holloway has been held without bail since she was arrested about a mile from the incident, after parking and telling a hotel worker to call 911. She is due back in court on Feb. 4.
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Mommy going to prison for life and the baby will grow up just like mommy, another crack whore.