In another update on X, Vancouver police said at least nine people were killed after a man drove an SUV into a crowd at the Lapu Lapu street festival in Vancouver on Saturday. “As of now, we can confirm nine people have died after a man drove through a crowd at last night’s Lapu Lapu Festival. Our thoughts are with all those affected by this tragic incident,” Vancouver police said.
Nine people were killed and multiple injured when a driver plowed into a crowd at a street festival in Vancouver, Canada, Saturday night, police said. The driver was in custody following the crash on East 41st Ave. and Fraser Street shortly after 8:14 p.m. local time, the Vancouver Police Department said in a post on X.
James Cruzat, a Vancouver business owner, told The Associated Press that he was at the festival when he suddenly heard a car rev its engine. He said he then heard "a loud noise, like a loud bang" that he initially thought might be a gunshot and described seeing people on the road crying, running and screaming for help. "So we tried to go there just to check what was really actually happening until we found some bodies on the ground," Cruzat said. "Others were lifeless, others like, you know, injured." Cruzat said the aftermath he witnessed was unimaginable and "heartbreaking." "I couldn’t even imagine that it’s actually happening in real life, because normally we see that on TVs or movies," he said. "But when you are in that kind of situation, it was really shocking. ... You couldn’t do anything but to pray for them."
