A number of folks had been killed and injured when a driver plowed right into a crowd at a road pageant in Vancouver, Canada, Saturday evening, police stated.
The driving force was in custody following the crash on East forty first Ave. and Fraser Road shortly after 8 p.m. native time, the Vancouver Police Division stated in a post on X.
Police didn’t instantly present quite a lot of victims or a attainable motive.
The location of the crash is close to the posted location of the Lapu-Lapu Day block party, a celebration of Filipino tradition.
Deana Lancaster, a spokesperson for Vancouver Basic Hospital, the area’s high trauma facility, stated it was receiving a number of sufferers from the incident, which she understood to be the Lapu-Lapu Day get together.
“I’m shocked and deeply saddened by the horrific incident at right this moment’s Lapu Lapu Day occasion,” Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim stated, including that extra data could be forthcoming as quickly as it’s accessible.
“Our ideas are with all these affected and with Vancouver’s Filipino group throughout this extremely troublesome time,” Sim stated.
British Columbia Premier David Eby said his group was involved with Vancouver officers and would offer any wanted assist.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney provided condolences on X and stated officers had been monitoring the state of affairs.
“I supply my deepest condolences to the family members of these killed and injured, to the Filipino Canadian group, and to everybody in Vancouver. We’re all mourning with you,” he stated.
Jagmeet Singh, the chief of Canada’s New Democrat Get together, stated on X that he was “horrified.”
“As we wait to study extra, our ideas are with the victims and their households — and Vancouver’s Filipino group, who had been coming collectively right this moment to have fun resilience,” he stated.
Alex Lo and Insiya Gandhi contributed.
