US EditionThree injured after woman drives through Harrisburg's Kipona Festival
- On September 1, 2025, a red minivan drove past a barricade and struck three individuals during the Kipona event held in Harrisburg.
- The driver initially stopped near State and Front Streets before driving onto the sidewalk and barreling down Front Street while honking loudly, which witnesses found alarming.
- Police responded around 6:12 p.m., cordoned off North Front Street with crime scene tape, and apprehended the woman driver who is now in custody but not charged yet.
- Three individuals, including a female wheelchair user, a young child, and an employee from public works, were injured and taken to the hospital with no reported life-threatening conditions; their transport involved at least three ambulances.
- Harrisburg Mayor Wanda Williams was on the scene during the police investigation, and authorities continue to examine the circumstances leading to the crash at this significant community event.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Charges were announced for the woman accused of driving a vehicle into a crowd at a festival in Pennsylvania on Monday evening, injuring three people. Elizabeth Ann Bohrer, 37, of York Haven, Pennsylvania, is facing charges including three counts of aggravated assault by vehicle and aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI. The Kipona Festival, an annual festival held in Harrisburg, had ended just before the incident. Pol…
Woman allegedly drove minivan impaired through Pennsylvania festival, injuring 3
The booking photo for Elizabeth Bohrer. Harrisburg Bureau of Police (HARRISBURG, Pa.) — A woman faces multiple charges after allegedly driving her minivan impaired through a Pennsylvania festival on Monday, critically injuring a 6-year-old boy, officials said. A woman in a wheelchair and another adult were also struck by the vehicle in the incident, which occurred during the Kipona Festival in Harrisburg, officials said. The minivan went through…
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3 injured after minivan drives into crowd at Pennsylvania festival; driver charged
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Charges were announced for the woman accused of driving a vehicle into a crowd at a festival in Pennsylvania on Monday evening, injuring three people. Elizabeth Ann Bohrer, 37, of York Haven, Pennsylvania, is facing charges including three counts of aggravated assault by vehicle and aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI. The Kipona Festival, an annual festival held in Harrisburg, had ended just before the incident. Pol…
Three people are hospitalized after a minivan plowed into a crowded festival in Harrisburg.
3 hospitalized, including child, after minivan drives through Pennsylvania festival
Sheila Paras/Getty Images (HARRISBURG, Pa.) — Three people have been hospitalized, including one child and a woman in a wheelchair, after a minivan drove through the Kipona Festival in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Monday. It is unclear if the act was intentional at this time, according to police. The driver is in custody and officials are investigating. The Kipona Festival is an annual, three-day event held over Labor Day weekend that celebrates…
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