Vancouver Car Incident at Lapu Lapu Festival Leaves Several Dead and Injured
Vancouver police secure the scene after a car drove into a crowd at the Lapu Lapu Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia on Saturday.
Rich Lam/The Canadian Press via AP
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VANCOUVER — The driver of a car struck revelers at a street festival in Canada, killing and injuring an unknown number of people, police said.
The vehicle entered the street where people were attending a Filipino community festival just after 8 p.m. Friday, the Vancouver Police Department said in a social media post.
“A number of people have been killed and multiple others are injured after a driver drove into a crowd,” police said.
The exact number of dead or injured was not immediately available.
The driver was taken into custody, police said.
The Lapu Lapu Day festival was being held in a South Vancouver neighbourhood. Video posted on social media showed victims and debris strewn across a long stretch of road, with at least seven people lying immobile on the ground.
A black SUV with a crumpled front section could be seen in still photos from the scene.
