Sun Apr 27 05:30:18 UTC 2025: ## Car Ploughs into Crowd at Vancouver Filipino Festival, Killing Several
**Vancouver, Canada** – A devastating incident occurred Saturday evening at a Filipino street festival in Vancouver’s Sunset on Fraser neighbourhood, leaving several dead and numerous others injured. A vehicle drove into a large crowd at approximately 8 pm local time.
Police have taken a 30-year-old male driver into custody. Witnesses described the vehicle, a black car, as driving erratically just prior to the incident. Graphic social media footage depicts the chaotic aftermath, showing casualties strewn across the road as first responders and bystanders provided aid. Victims were transported to multiple hospitals, which had been placed on alert for mass casualties. Thousands were present at the Lapu Lapu Day festival, which celebrates a prominent Filipino anti-colonial leader, at the time of the attack.
Yoseb Vardeh, co-owner of a food truck at the festival, described harrowing scenes of devastation, stating he witnessed bodies scattered across the street after the car tore through the crowd.
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim expressed shock and sadness, offering condolences to the victims and the Filipino community. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (the article incorrectly names Mark Carney) also issued a statement expressing his devastation and offering condolences. The investigation into the incident is ongoing. The tragedy casts a pall over the city, particularly as it unfolds just a day before Canada’s federal election.
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