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HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) -- Three radical were injured aft a operator barreled done Harrisburg's KIPONA Festival connected Monday night.
Festivities conscionable wrapped astatine the 3 time festival erstwhile a pistillate driving a reddish minivan went done a information of South Front Street wherever vendors were closing up aft 6 p.m.
A kid and 2 adults, including a pistillate successful a wheelchair, were injured, said Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo. The operator is successful custody.
Mayor Wanda Williams is en way to UPMC Harrisburg, and Harrisburg Police Commissioner Thomas Carter was astatine the country of the incident.
"This car came flying down done present fast," said Lottie Beauverd, a vendor astatine the festival. "Not yelling oregon anything, but conscionable flying down done this."
A constabulary serviceman looks astatine a reddish minivan aft a pistillate drove it done the KIPONA Festival successful downtown Harrisburg connected Monday, Sept. 1, 2025.
Police officers basal by a reddish minivan aft a pistillate drove it done the KIPONA Festival successful downtown Harrisburg connected Monday, Sept. 1, 2025.
Police artifact disconnected an country of downtown Harrisburg connected Monday, Sept. 1, 2025, aft a pistillate drove a minivan done the KIPONA Festival.
Police spot portion and grounds markers connected South Front Street connected Monday, Sept. 1, 2025, successful downtown Harrisburg aft a pistillate drove her minivan done the KIPONA Festival.
abc27 News' Sarah Wilson was determination erstwhile she said radical screamed and ran, describing it arsenic a "chaotic scene."
The conveyance sustained harm to its beforehand bumper and hood, and debris were scattered astir the area.
Police person since enactment up yellowish transgression portion to adjacent Front Street betwixt the 100 artifact of State Street to the pedestrian span to City Island. Officers were astir the conveyance inspecting it.
The metropolis holds KIPONA each twelvemonth during Labor Day weekend. It began successful 1916 arsenic a h2o carnival to observe the completion of the River Steps.
Today, the lawsuit brings carnival rides, taste performances, nutrient and creation vendors to Riverfront Park and City Island. A mainstage each twelvemonth is the festival's Giant Puppet Parade, which offers prizes to participating children.
This year's lawsuit ran from Friday, Aug. 30, to Monday, Sept. 1. It was scheduled to extremity astatine 6 p.m., conscionable soon earlier the car drove through.
