Vancouver police safe the scene after a automobile 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 automobile struck revelers at a road 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 group competition simply after 8 p.m. Friday, the Vancouver Police Division mentioned in a social media submit.
“A lot of folks have been killed and a number of others are injured after a driver drove right into a crowd,” police mentioned.
The precise variety of useless 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 highway, with at the very least seven folks mendacity motionless on the bottom.
A black SUV with a crumpled entrance part may very well be seen in nonetheless pictures from the scene.
