Several deaths and injured in a multiple outrage in a road festival in Vancouver | International
Several people died and others were injured in a huge outrage in a street festival in Vancouver last night, as reported by the Canadian police. The driver of the vehicle, according to several witnesses, a black Audi SUV, is already detained and the police have assured that it will provide more details on the accident “as the investigation advances”.
“Several people died and others were injured after a driver rammed a crowd,” the police reported in their X account. The indignation took place shortly after 20.00 local time (5.00, Spanish peninsular time) in a road full of people in Vancouver.
A number of people were killed and more others were injured after a driver went to a crowd in a road festival at E. 41st Avenue and Fraser shortly after 20:00 tonight. The driver is in custody. We will provide more information as the investigation takes place. pic.twitter.com/iqh5ak5au3
– Vancouver Police (@vancouverpd) April 27, 2025
The accident occurred a few hours after the parliamentary elections to be held this Monday in Canada. The political leaders of the country, with Prime Minister Mark Carley in the lead, began to give their condolences. Carney’s rival, Pierre Poiievre, stated “shocked by the terrible news that emerged from the Lapu Lapu Festival in Vancouver tonight”.
In the first press conference after the accident, the main acting of the Vancouver police, Steve Rai, identified the prisoner as a 30 -year -old man, known by the security forces “in certain circumstances”. Rai did not want to create an exact number of victims because they were “sent to several hospitals in the region”.
