3 Injured When Minivan Hits Festivalgoers At Pennsylvania Celebration

Three people, including a kid and a female successful a wheelchair, were injured Monday erstwhile a minivan drove connected streets closed for a Native American show successful Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

City spokesperson Michelle Moyer said nan group were hospitalized successful chartless condition. The incident happened connected nan last time of an yearly three-day celebration, Kipona Festival, that highlights nan region's Native American roots.

"A women went astir and done barriers blocking traffic" for nan festival, Moyer said successful a statement. "She deed a female successful a wheelchair and a child. One of our nationalist useful labor was besides injured trying to extremity nan woman."

NBC connection WGAL of Harrisburg reported that nan conveyance went for six blocks earlier it stopped. It happened on Front Street, Moyer said, wherever nutrient trucks, vendors and carnival crippled booths were group up, according to a representation of nan event.

The driver was taken into custody, Moyer said.

Images from nan aftermath of nan incident verified by NBC News show a damaged minivan stopped connected a artifact cordoned disconnected for booths that are portion of nan celebration.

It wasn't instantly clear why nan van drove onto nan closed street.

The city said it was nan 109th yearly Kipona Festival.

A Kipona Festival webpage describes nan event: "This yearly contented brings together Native American communities from various tribes to observe and showcase their cultures done dance, music, storytelling, crafts, and food."

Festival organizers did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.