Vancouver police safe the scene after a automotive drove right into a crowd on the Lapu Lapu Competition in Vancouver, British Columbia on Saturday.
Wealthy Lam/The Canadian Press through AP
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Wealthy Lam/The Canadian Press through AP
VANCOUVER — The motive force of a automotive struck revelers at a avenue competition in Canada, killing and injuring an unknown variety of folks, police mentioned.
The automobile entered the road the place folks have been attending a Filipino neighborhood competition simply after 8 p.m. Friday, the Vancouver Police Division mentioned in a social media put up.
“A number of people have been killed and multiple others are injured after a driver drove into a crowd,” police mentioned.
The precise variety of lifeless or injured was not instantly accessible.
The motive force was taken into custody, police mentioned.
The Lapu Lapu Day competition was being held in a South Vancouver neighbourhood. Video posted on social media confirmed victims and particles strewn throughout a protracted stretch of street, with a minimum of seven folks mendacity motionless on the bottom.
A black SUV with a crumpled entrance part could possibly be seen in nonetheless pictures from the scene.
