By Canadian Press

Multiple dead at Vancouver street festival, driver arrested, say VPD

Apr 26, 2025 | 10:03 PM

VANCOUVER — Vancouver Police say multiple people are dead after a person drove a car through a street festival in the city’s Eastside.

Police say in a social media post that the driver has been taken into custody, and that multiple people have also been injured.

They say the person “drove into a crowd” at the street festival at East 41st Avenue and Fraser Street just after 8 p.m. Friday.

The Filipino community’s Lapu Lapu Day festival was underway at the time in the South Vancouver neighbourhood.

Video posted on social media showed victims and debris strewn across a long stretch of road, with at least seven people lying immobile on the ground.

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A black SUV with a crumpled front section could be seen in still photos from the scene.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 26, 2025.

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