Vancouver Festival Tragedy: Car Plows into Crowd, Multiple Fatalities

April 27, 2025, 12:20 am

In a grim turn of events during the Lapu Lapu Day celebration, a driver crashed into a festival crowd on Vancouver’s Eastside, leaving multiple people dead and many injured. The chaotic scene has forced authorities to act swiftly—even at a party, it seems caution takes an unexpected holiday.

Vehicle ramming attack trend
Political fallout & campaign impact
On-scene details & casualty reports

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Vehicle ramming attack trend

torontosun.com / Vancouver festival ramming is latest attack to use vehicles as deadly weapons

MONTREAL — A car-ramming at a Filipino community festival in Vancouver that killed at least nine people marks Canada’s fourth attack in seven years in which vehicles have been used as deadly weapons. Around the world, people fuelled by motives ranging from terrorism and far-right extremism to...

thestar.com / Vancouver festival ramming is latest attack to use vehicles as deadly weapons

MONTREAL - A car-ramming at a Filipino community festival in Vancouver that killed at least nine people marks Canada's fourth attack in seven years in which vehicles have been used as deadly weapons.

winnipegfreepress.com / Vancouver festival ramming is latest attack to use vehicles as deadly weapons

thestar.com / A look at some recent deadly attacks involving vehicle rammings

VANCOUVER - A car-ramming at a Vancouver street festival being staged by the city's Filipino community is the latest in a spate of horrific incidents where vehicles were used as weapons. Here is a look at some other recent attacks:

Political fallout & campaign impact

nationalpost.com / John Ivison: Leaders walk tightrope after Vancouver car attack

'It would be an extremely rash politician who links events in Vancouver to federal government policy'

nationalpost.com / Parties recalibrate campaigns after Vancouver ‘car ramming attack’ kills nine

'Currently, we do not believe that there is any active threat to Canadians,' Mark Carney said Sunday morning

lapresse.ca / Attaque à la voiture-bélier à Vancouver | « Bouleversé », Mark Carney précise qu’il n’y a aucune menace à la sécurité nationale

L’attaque à la voiture-bélier qui a fait neuf morts et plusieurs blessés samedi soir à Vancouver est « bouleversante », a réagi dimanche le chef libéral Mark Carney. Tout en précisant que l’homme qui était au volant a agi seul, il a assuré qu’il ne planait aucune menace sur la...

torontosun.com / Carney expresses condolences to victims of Vancouver vehicle attack

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is pausing his election campaign to express condolences to victims and their families after a vehicle attack in Vancouver on Saturday killed nine people and injured many more. Carney says he has been briefed by his public safety minister and national security...

winnipegfreepress.com / ‘A most agonizing time’: The world responds to Vancouver’s deadly vehicle attack

ledevoir.com / Mark Carney s’adressera aux Canadiens au sujet de l’attaque à la voiture-bélier

L’itinéraire du chef libéral, qui devait entamer une tournée expresse est maintenant incertain.

cp24.com/ / No active threats to Canadians after Vancouver attack, Carney says. Live updates here - CP24

No active threats to Canadians after Vancouver attack, Carney says. Live updates here CP24

thestar.com / Mass attack at Vancouver street festival casts dark pall over final day of campaign

OTTAWA - A mass casualty vehicle ramming at a Vancouver street festival has cast a grim shadow over the final day of the federal election campaign.

winnipegfreepress.com / Mass attack at Vancouver street festival casts dark pall over final day of campaign

On-scene details & casualty reports

thestar.com / CP NewsAlert: Death toll in Vancouver festival attack rises to 11

VANCOUVER - Vancouver's interim police chief says the death toll in the ramming attack on a Filipino community festival on Saturday has increased to 11.

theglobeandmail.com / Eleven people dead, dozens injured after man drives into crowd at Vancouver Filipino street festival

Vancouver Police ruled out terrorism and confirmed the updated death toll on Sunday. A man was in custody, but no charges yet laid

globalnews.ca / Vancouver police to speak live on Lapu Lapu Day festival tragedy

Vancouver police will provide a live update on Sunday morning following a deadly incident on Saturday night at the Lapu Lapu festival.

thestar.com / Vancouver attack: Nine dead, more than 20 others believed injured after driver goes through Filipino Lapu Lapu street festival

The Filipino community’s Lapu Lapu Day street festival was underway at the time in the South Vancouver neighbourhood.

thestar.com / The latest developments on a deadly street festival attack in Vancouver

The deaths of nine people killed when an SUV drove through a crowd at a Filipino street festival in Vancouver has sent shock waves through the country and upended the final day of the federal election campaign. Here are the…

winnipegfreepress.com / The latest developments on a deadly street festival attack in Vancouver

theglobeandmail.com / Witnesses recount scene after car driven into Vancouver festival crowd

Three eyewitnesses describe what they saw when a car struck revellers at a Filipino street festival in Vancouver on Saturday night.

thestar.com / Live updates: Driver arrested after ramming SUV through Filipino festival in Vancouver, leaving 9 dead; no known political motivation involved

Follow the Star's live coverage of the deadly vehicle ramming in Vancouver on Saturday evening.

theglobeandmail.com / Nine dead after vehicle drives into crowd at Vancouver Filipino festival

Nine people were killed after a man drove through a crowd at a Filipino community festival in Vancouver on Saturday evening (April 26). A 30-year-old man was arrested at the scene, but police say they were confident it was not an act of terror.

thestar.com / Vancouver attack: Nine dead, others injured after driver goes through Filipino Lapu Lapu street festival

The Filipino community’s Lapu Lapu Day street festival was underway at the time in the South Vancouver neighbourhood.

ledevoir.com / Un véhicule percute la foule dans un festival à Vancouver et fait neuf morts

La police de Vancouver a indiqué qu’elle était «convaincue» que l’incident ne constituait pas un acte terroriste.

nationalobserver.com / Nine dead after SUV plows through Vancouver Filipino festival, man arrested

Witness Nic Magtajas described an SUV roaring through the Lapu Lapu Day crowd at high speed, sending pedestrians' bodies flying.

cp24.com/ / Vancouver wakes to tragedy of nine dead in ramming attack on Filipino street festival - CP24

Vancouver wakes to tragedy of nine dead in ramming attack on Filipino street festival CP24

lapresse.ca / Un automobiliste fonce dans une foule à Vancouver, neuf morts

Neuf personnes sont mortes après qu’un véhicule a foncé sur la foule lors d’un festival de rue organisé par la communauté philippine de Vancouver, samedi soir, laissant derrière lui une traînée de débris et de victimes.

thestar.com / Vancouver wakes to tragedy of nine dead in ramming attack on Filipino street festival

VANCOUVER - Vancouver is waking to the tragic aftermath of a deadly ramming attack on a Filipino community street festival that killed at least nine people, with survivors describing horrifying scenes of victims strewn on the ground.

winnipegfreepress.com / Vancouver wakes to tragedy of nine dead in ramming attack on Filipino street festival

theglobeandmail.com / What we know so far about the Vancouver Lapu Lapu festival vehicle ramming

Police say multiple people are dead and several were injured when an SUV drove into the crowd at a Filipino street event. Here’s what we do and don’t know

thestar.com / Vancouver attack: Several people dead, others injured after driver goes through Filipino Lapu Lapu street festival

The Filipino community’s Lapu Lapu Day street festival was underway at the time in the South Vancouver neighbourhood

thestar.com / Vancouver killings: Several people dead, others injured after driver goes through Filipino Lapu Lapu street festival

The Filipino community’s Lapu Lapu Day street festival was underway at the time in the South Vancouver neighbourhood

thestar.com / Vancouver Lapu Lapu street festival attack: Man, 30, arrested after SUV plows into Filipino festival, killing several

VANCOUVER - Vancouver's interim police chief says a 30-year-old man has been arrested after a car plowed through a Vancouver street festival being staged by the city's Filipino community, killing several people.

thestar.com / Vancouver killings: Several people dead, others injured after driver goes through Filipino street festival, police say

The Filipino community’s Lapu Lapu Day street festival was underway at the time in the South Vancouver neighbourhood.

theglobeandmail.com / Multiple people dead after driver rams vehicle into crowd at Vancouver street festival

Vancouver Police say many are injured and a suspect is in custody

thestar.com / Vancouver killings: Multiple people dead after driver goes through Filipino street festival, police say

Police are yet to confirm the number of people killed. The driver is in custody, they said.

theglobeandmail.com / Multiple dead after vehicle hits crowd at Vancouver street festival, driver arrested: police

The incident happened at the Lapu Lapu Day street festival

thestar.com / CP NewsAlert: Multiple dead at Vancouver street festival, driver arrested say VPD

VANCOUVER - Vancouver Police say multiple people are dead after a person drove his car through a street festival in the city's Eastside.

winnipegfreepress.com / CP NewsAlert: Multiple dead at Vancouver street festival, driver arrested say VPD

cbc.ca / Several people killed, others injured after vehicle drives into Vancouver street festival crowd

Vancouver police say several people have been killed and multiple others injured after a vehicle drove into a crowd at the Lapu Lapu Day Block Party Saturday evening.

globalnews.ca / Multiple killed, injured after vehicle drives into Lapu Lapu festival in Vancouver

Vancouver police have not released details about what happened but they did confirm that a driver drove into the crowd at East 41st Avenue and Fraser Street just after 8 p.m. PT.

citynews.ca / ‘A number of people’ killed in Vancouver after driver drives into crowd at festival

The VPD says a number of people have been killed and multiple injured after a driver drove into a crowd at a Vancouver street festival shortly after 8 p.m.

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