Vancouver driver plows into crowd of people attending Filipino festival, killing multiple victims

A operator ran a car into a assemblage astatine a Filipino festival successful Vancouver, Canada, connected Saturday night, leaving respective victims dormant and others injured, section authorities said. 

The incidental happened soon aft 8 p.m. astatine the Lapu Lapu Day artifact party, the Vancouver Police Department said successful a societal media post.

"A fig of radical person been killed and aggregate others are injured aft a operator drove into a assemblage astatine a thoroughfare festival astatine E. 41st Avenue and Fraser soon aft 8 p.m. tonight," constabulary said.

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Vancouver constabulary connected the country aft an SUV plows into a assemblage of radical astatine a Filipino festival.  (X/marcmaravillas via Storyful)

The nonstop fig of radical dormant oregon injured was not instantly known.

The operator was taken into custody, constabulary said. The motive for the idiosyncratic driving into the assemblage is unclear astatine this time.

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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh pauses portion giving a connection astir deaths astatine a Vancouver Lapu Lapu Day festival, during a quality league successful Burnaby, British Columbia, connected Saturday, April 26, 2025.  (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

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Video posted connected societal media showed victims and debris strewn crossed a agelong long of road.

A achromatic SUV with a damaged beforehand conception was seen successful inactive photos from the scene.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.