VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - APRIL 27: A flower memorial is seen near the scene where a car drove into a crowd of people during the Lapu Lapu Festival on April 27, 2025 in Vancouver, Canada. Police said a 30-year-old man drove his car into a crowd at a Filipino street festival, killing at least eleven people and injuring multiple others. (Photo by Andrew Chin/Getty Images)
Eleven people died and 20 more were injured on Saturday after a someone drove an SUV through a crowd at Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu Day Block Party. The incident occurred around 8 p.m., after Black Eyed Peas’ Apl.de.Ap had finished his headlining DJ set and organizers were beginning to take down equipment. The festival, celebrating Filipino-Canadian culture and named after the revolutionary Indigenous leader, drew a crowd of up to 100,000 at its peak time, with hundreds of attendees still present when the tragedy happened.
