Update: Portland woman accused in Las Vegas crash appeared to be on drugs, police say



Updated at 10:08 with information about Lakeisha Holloway's participation in a program for at-risk youth.

UPDATED at 9:29 a.m. with a statement from the president of Pacific University.

UPDATED at 9:09 a.m. with victim information.

UPDATED at 8:51 a.m. with information from jail records.

Clark County Nevada law enforcement officials identified the woman who repeatedly drove up and down a Las Vegas sidewalk Sunday night striking pedestrians and killing one, as 24-year-old Lakeisha N. Holloway of Portland.

Jessica Valenzuela, 32, of Buckeye, Arizona died in the incident, according to the Clark County coroner's office.

Holloway was booked into the Clark County Detention Center early Monday, according to jail records.

She was charged with murder, first-degree child abuse or neglect and duty to stop at the scene of an accident, booking records show.

Jail records listed the initial cash bail amount at $5,000. A court date has not been set.

Pacific University officials say 4 student wrestlers are among the dozens of people injured when Holloway allegedly ran down the pedestrians in Las Vegas Sunday night. One person died.

Police say they believe Holloway - driving a car with Oregon license plates - intentionally ran down people on the sidewalk outside the Paris Hotel & Casino at 6:30 p.m.

Oregon court records show that Holloway was convicted of operating a vehicle without driving privileges and driving uninsured in December 2011 in Multnomah County.

The president of Pacific University in Forest Grove issued a statement Monday morning.

"The safety and well-being of our students and employees, both those injured and all who witnessed this traumatic incident, are of paramount importance," Lesley Hallick wrote. "We are relieved that none of our students suffered life threatening injuries, but at the same time, saddened to hear of those who were killed or critically injured."

Hallick thanked first responders and the school's athletic trainer, who tended to the injured. "I am also most appreciative of our coaches and athletic staff for reaching out to our wrestling student-athletes and their families to provide support and to arrange to bring the team home today," Hallick wrote.

Holloway graduated through the Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center, according to a 2012 article in The Skanner. The Center reconnects "alienated, at-risk youths" through education, work training and mentoring.

According to the article, Holloway said she had been homeless in high school and had a mother who struggled to make a living with an 8th-grade education.

Through the program, Holloway pursued a career in the U.S. Forest Service, according to The Skanner.

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