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.
Police said the suspect was a 30-year-old man from Vancouver and was arrested at the scene.
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.
“Many people were killed and others were injured after driving into the crowd during street festivals,” 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.
“About 8:14 pm on April 26, a man drove into a group of people participating in the Lapu Lapu Day Festival at East 43rd Avenue and Fraser Street,” the department said.
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The exact number of deaths or injuries has not been immediately known.
Police work 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 on April 26, 2025.
Police said the driver was detained. It is not clear what the motives of those driving into the crowds are.
“A suspect was arrested by Vancouver police after several people were killed and injured at a street party in South Vancouver earlier tonight.”
Police were working on the scene, after a vehicle drove into the crowd at a LaPrap Day neighborhood party, police said that in Vancouver, Canada, multiple people were killed and injured in Vancouver, Canada on April 26, 2025.
Videos posted on social media show victims and debris scattered along the long road.
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An ambulance parked at the site of the Lapu Lapu Day Block party, and a vehicle drove into a crowd and killed several people who were in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on April 26, 2025.
A black SUV can be seen in still photos of the scene with a damaged front.
The incident is still under investigation.
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Bradford Betz of Fox News Digital and the Associated Press contributed to the report.
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