Vancouver drivers to participate in crowd farming at Philippine Festival, killing multiple victims
Local authorities say a driver crashed into a crowd on Saturday night at the Philippine Festival in Vancouver, Canada, killing several victims and injuring other injured people.
The Vancouver Police Department said in a social media post that the incident occurred after 8 p.m. at the Lapu Lapu Day Block party.
“After a driver drove into the crowd at the street festival of E. 41st Avenue and Fraser, many were killed and others were injured,” police said.
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Vancouver police were at the scene after an SUV leaned toward a group of people at the Philippine Festival. (X/Marcmaravillas by story
The exact number of deaths or injuries has not been immediately known.
Police work on Fraser Street, on Fraser Street near the Lapu Lapu Day neighborhood party, a vehicle drove into a crowd and killed several people in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, April 26, 2025. (Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier)
Police said the driver was detained. It is not clear what the motives of those driving into the crowds are.
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Police worked on the scene after vehicles entered the crowd at the Lapu Lapu Day Block party, police said several people were killed and injured in Vancouver, Canada on April 26, 2025. (Reuters/Chris Hullglen)
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Videos posted on social media show victims and debris scattered along the long road.
An ambulance parked at the Lapu Lapu Day Block party location, and a vehicle drove into a crowd and killed several people who were in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on April 26, 2025. (Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier)
A black SUV can be seen in still photos of the scene with a damaged front.
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Bradford Betz of Fox News Digital and the Associated Press contributed to the report.
