The crash happened around 9:30 a.m. Witnesses say the car was going in excess of 100 mph when it crashed through the front doors of the casino. Metro says the driver is 75-years-old and there were no passengers in the car. The driver may have suffered a medical episode and was no seriously injured.
TV2 News Director Sam Medrano in Laughlin told 8 News Now that the car is 100 feet from the front door inside the building. It appears the car was traveling at a high rate of speed on Bruce Woodbury Drive, jumped several curbs and then slammed into the front of the building.
LasVegasNOW.com will have the latest on this developing story.
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