Red minivan drove through barricades at Kipona, several injured

A woman drove a red minivan through barricades into a crowd at Harrisburg’s Kipona Festival on Monday evening, injuring multiple people and sending a 6 year old boy to the hospital in critical condition, officials said. The incident occurred shortly after 6 p.m. on South Front Street as vendors were packing up at the end of the three day Labor Day celebration, Harrisburg police and city officials said. The driver was taken into custody at the scene.

Mayor Wanda R. D. Williams identified the child as a 6 year old boy who is in critical condition. Two adults were also hurt, including a woman in a wheelchair and a city public works employee who local officials said was struck while attempting to stop the minivan. Those two adults were reported in stable condition, city spokesperson Michelle Moyer said. Harrisburg police have not yet released the identities of the victims.

Police and city officials described the vehicle as a red minivan that drove around barriers and proceeded onto streets set aside for the festival. Captain Atah Akakpo Martin of the Harrisburg Police Bureau said officers stopped the vehicle a few blocks from where it entered the closed area and arrested the driver....