Woman arrested for driving into festival crowd hours after explosion rocked same event

An annual Maryland festival which attracts thousands of attendees each year faced a series of setbacks on Saturday when a woman drove into a busy crowd just hours after a propane explosion rocked the same event The driver -year-old Kai Deberry-Bostick was arrested and criminally charged after recklessly breaching obstacles and driving down a bustling road at the Main Street Festival in Laurel Maryland according to Laurel Police Police body camera footage shows Deberry-Bostick sitting in her car contemplating how to get through the closed-down street A police officer apologizes for the inconvenience and offers to order her a taxi VANCOUVER DRIVER PLOWS INTO CROWD OF PEOPLE ATTENDING FILIPINO FESTIVAL KILLING MULTIPLE CASUALTIES There has to be another way she says I'm not taking a taxi all the way to Virginia I work in Virginia DEAD A GREAT NUMBER OF INJURED AFTER MAN DRIVES INTO GERMAN CHRISTMAS TERRITORY IN SUSPECTED TERROR ATTACK REPORTDeberry-Bostick then gets out of her car and walks over to where the officer is standing I've gotta go to work she says What do you want me to do The officer warns her not to disturb the area to which she replies I might have to Deberry-Bostick then proceeds to rip the caution tape off the barrier blocking the road and gets back in her car She begins driving right into the officer who tries to block her from entering the festival Stop Stop your car the officer yells Dramatic footage shows the woman hitting the officer with her wagon She then barrels down the street toward festival-goers as the officer trails behind on foot Thanks to their rapid response no festival-goers were harmed Laurel Police explained in a announcement However during the case one of our officers did sustain minor injuries after being struck by her bicycle RAGING PORTLAND DRIVER RIPS THROUGH ROSE PARADE IN FURIOUS VIDEOThe shocking encounter came just hours after a propane explosion as vendors were setting up One person was injured in the explosion and sent to the hospital Laurel Mayor Keith R Sydnor announced at a news conference The festival s parade which usually kicks off the festival at a m was canceled due to the matter Sydnor added he does not think the assessment into the explosion will go further because it was likely a negligent accident on the vendor setting up This is a festival that's been going on for years Sydnor disclosed Unfortunately this accident happened but we're glad everyone is safe The Main Street Festival closes down Laurel Maryland's Main Street each year It allows thousands of festival-goers to walk around and enjoy a parade a range of food vendors arts and crafts and more according to the City of Laurel Maryland website Laurel Police did not promptly respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment