Vancouver, April 27 - A vehicle hit a crowd of hundreds of people gathered for a traditional fair being celebrated by the Filipino community here today and crushed them for a distance. Several people were killed and dozens were injured in this accident. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, British Columbia Premier David Abbey and the city's Mayor Ken Sim have expressed grief over this unfortunate incident. After the incident, the police and rescue teams took the injured to the hospital. It has been reported that even after two hours of the incident, not all the injured could be taken to the hospital and the number of dead could not be counted.
The incident took place at 8 pm near Fraser Street and 41 Avenue in the east-southern area of ??Vancouver. This festival is known as Lapu Lapu Day in their language among the Filipino community. This festival associated with civilization is celebrated with great enthusiasm and people participate in large numbers.
After the incident, the police have taken the driver of the vehicle into custody. According to eyewitnesses, the tragic incident took place near a food truck where a large number of people were standing in lines to buy food and drinks. They say that people were seen lying far away on the road, some of whom were injured and some had died.
NDP Party President Jagmeet Singh attended the fair for a long time and had left shortly before the incident. He said that he was stunned after hearing about the incident.
According to information, the vehicle coming from 43 Avenue quickly took a turn towards the crowd of the fair and ran over people at high speed and continued for a long distance. Later, when the police caught up with the driver, he kept apologizing repeatedly and his behavior looked like that of a mentally ill person. The owner of the food truck, Vardeh, said that the sound of the speeding truck's engine is still echoing in his ears. People around expressed their fear that the entire incident was carried out deliberately. When the police were called, they received a response that a press conference would be held in the morning after the injured were taken care of and information about the incident would be shared.