Three individuals, together with a baby and a lady in a wheelchair, have been injured Monday when a minivan drove on streets closed for a Native American pageant in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Metropolis spokesperson Michelle Moyer stated the individuals have been hospitalized in unknown situation. The incident occurred on the ultimate day of an annual three-day celebration, Kipona Competition, that highlights the area’s Native American roots.
“A ladies went round and thru limitations blocking site visitors” for the pageant, Moyer stated in an announcement. “She hit a lady in a wheelchair and a baby. Certainly one of our public works workers was additionally injured attempting to cease the girl.”
NBC affiliate WGAL of Harrisburg reported that the automobile went for six blocks earlier than it stopped. It occurred alongside Entrance Road, Moyer stated, the place meals vehicles, distributors and carnival sport cubicles have been arrange, based on a map of the occasion.
The driving force was taken into custody, Moyer stated.
Pictures from the aftermath of the incident verified by NBC Information present a broken minivan stopped on a block cordoned off for cubicles which can be a part of the celebration.
It wasn’t instantly clear why the van drove onto the closed avenue.
The metropolis stated it was the 109th annual Kipona Competition.
A Kipona Competition webpage describes the occasion: “This annual custom brings collectively Native American communities from numerous tribes to rejoice and showcase their cultures via dance, music, storytelling, crafts, and meals.”
Competition organizers didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
