The vehicle entered the street at 8:14 p.m. on Saturday and struck people attending the Lapu Lapu Day festival, the Vancouver Police Department said in a social media post.

A driver plowed a car into a crowd at a street festival celebrating Filipino heritage in Vancouver on Saturday night, killing at least nine people and injuring others.

A "number of people" have been killed and "multiple others" injured after a car was driven into a crowd at a festival in Vancouver, police say. Posting on X, Vancouver Police say the incident took place at 20:00 local time (04:00 BST) in the Canadian city. The driver is in custody, the statement adds.