A “number of people” were killed and others were injured Saturday as a vehicle plowed into a crowd at a street festival in Vancouver, law enforcement said.
“The driver is in custody,” the Vancouver Police Department said in a social media post.
Crowds had gathered in the Canadian city’s downtown to celebrate Lapu Lapu Day, Mayor Ken Sim said in a statement. A vehicle “drove into a crowd” at the festival near the intersection of E 41st Avenue and Fraser Street at about 8 p.m., police said.
“Our thoughts are with all those affected and with Vancouver’s Filipino community during this incredibly difficult time,” Sim said, describing the incident as “horrific.”
A block party celebrating Filipino culture and Lapu-Lapu, a national hero of the Philippines, had been scheduled to run through 8 p.m. on Saturday, according to the organizers.
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