THIS is the horrifying moment a runaway ice cream van plows into a crowd of children at a festival.
The driver reportedly forgot to set the handbrake, causing the truck to roll down the hill gaining momentum before hitting and injuring 29 children.
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The vehicle was being used by an ice cream seller in Kyrgyzstan, but it suddenly began accelerating towards a crowd of thousands of people.
The unfortunate driver and security men frantically ran after the truck when they realized it was out of control.
The truck is estimated to have reached around 30 mph.
Eighteen children between nine and 16 years old were hospitalized and seven of them in intensive care.
An ambulance was seen tending to the victims and children were seen lying on the grass injured.
According to a report, the terrifying accident occurred because “the driver forgot to apply the handbrake.”
TO health The ministry spokesman said: “According to preliminary information, ice cream was being sold from the truck.”
The children were at a festival dedicated to the Manas Epic, a legendary poem that has great cultural significance in Kyrgyzstan, a mountainous former republic.
The hurtling blue Hyundai Porter van finally came to a stop after crashing into a carport.
Government officials ordered doctors “to provide high-quality medical care as well as necessary medications.”
The country’s Minister of Health, Alymkadyr Beishenaliev, was reported to have assumed “personal control” of overseeing the treatment of the victims.
Police have launched a preliminary investigation into the incident.
In March, shocking video captured the moment two huge elephants sent people running for their lives as they wreaked havoc on a busy festival.
The beasts caused chaos when they began fighting violently during the religious gathering.
Screams were heard as the crazed animals intertwined their fangs and their frantic keepers beat them with sticks in a desperate attempt to separate the pair.
Villagers ran out of the area as the beasts began a terrifying game of cat and mouse, rampaging through Kerala, India.
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