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Vancouver police at the scene. credit: AP
A store assistant who was working on the street during the accident told Canada’s Globe and Mail The car was accused on the street, where people scream and run to help, while others stood in shock.
“We see him walking at the utmost speed through a group of people. I saw a group of people rising from the impact of hitting the car,” said Nick Magnjes.
“Pure chaos as soon as it occurred. It was very loud … a lot of loud bangs, not to mention the engine.”
One of the witnesses told CTV News that he saw a black car driving in the festival area before hitting the crowd.
“I couldn’t see the driver, all I heard was a driver,” said Yose Varde’s food truck owner in an interview with Postmedia.
Farra said: “I got out of my food truck, I looked at the road and there are only bodies everywhere.” “He went through the entire mass, and went directly to the middle.”
The mayor of Vancouver Ken Sim said he was “very shocked and saddened by the terrible accident.”
“Our ideas with all the affected people and with the Filipino Vancouver community during this very difficult time.”
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on X: “I have been destroyed to hear the horrific events at the Labo Labo Festival in Vancouver earlier in this evening,” said Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on X.
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Canada is scheduled to hold its federal elections on Monday. Carney polls laid liberal before his conservative rival, Pierre Bolilifer.
CTV News said another candidate, the leader of the new Democratic Party, Jagmeet Singh, was among those present at this event but left before the car arrived. This was the second time that the festival was held.
“This is very shocking, I don’t even know what to say,” CTV Singh quoted her saying. “I was only there, and I imagined the faces of the children that I saw smiling and dance.”
