A CAR struck revellers at a street festival in the Canadian city of Vancouver at the weekend, killing and injuring an unknown number of people at the event celebrating Filipino culture.

The vehicle entered the street where people were attending the Lapu Lapu Day festival at 8.14pm on Saturday, the Vancouver Police Department said in a social media post.

“A number of people have been killed and multiple others are injured after a driver drove into a crowd,” police said. The exact number of casualties was not immediately available.