Eleven people have been killed and multiple others injured after the driver of a black SUV slammed into a crowd Saturday evening at a street festival in Vancouver celebrating the contributions of the Filipino Canadian community, police say.
It happened shortly after 8 p.m. PT, as the Lapu-Lapu Day Block Party was winding down, after drawing up to 100,000 people through the day.
Steve Rai, interim Vancouver police chief, told reporters on Sunday that it was the darkest day in the city’s history.
“The actions of a single person shattered our collective sense of safety,” he said. “It is impossible to overstate how many lives have been impacted forever by this lone individual.”
