VANCOUVER — Vancouver Police say multiple people are dead after a person drove a car through a street festival in the city's Eastside. Police say in a social media post that the driver has been taken into custody, and that multiple people have also been injured. They say the person "drove into a crowd" at the street festival at East 41st Avenue and Fraser Street just after 8 p.m. Friday. The Filipino community's Lapu Lapu Day festival was underway at the time in the South Vancouver neighbourhood. Video posted on social media showed victims and debris strewn across a long stretch of road, with at least seven people lying immobile on the ground. A black SUV with a crumpled front section could be seen in still photos from the scene. This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 26, 2025. The Canadian Press