Anti-Trump Protester Hit By Car Sues UCSD

SAN DIEGO, CA -- A UCSD student who was hit by a car during an anti-Trump rally in 2016 is suing the university, claiming that it allowed the protest to go onto the freeway where she was injured.

Maria Ana Flores, a UCSD sophomore from Los Angeles County, was struck by a car in a protest following the November election. Flores was one of hundreds of protesters who rallied at the university before marching off-campus and eventually onto Interstate 5 where she was struck.

The Guardian reported the incident left Flores with a crushed pelvis and fractured leg, among other injuries.

"Flores suffered wage loss, loss of earning capacity, hospital and medical expenses, general damage, property damage, and loss of personal property as a result of the incident," the news site reported.

One year later, Flores with the help of attorney Jerold Sullivan, is suing Caltrans, the driver of the car, UCSD and UC Regents for the incident.

The lawsuit stated the university organized the "citizen protest."

"The protest continued all over the campus for hours and was never stopped, controlled or refrained by the County of San Diego, City of San Diego, State of California, University of California Regents or the University of California San Diego. This failure to control the protest allowed it to spill onto the freeway," the lawsuit reads.

Ben Boychuk, the managing editor of American Greatness, wrote in the Sacramento Bee that Flores deserves to win the lawsuit as the university has allowed protests to spill onto the freeway for decades.

"It’s a miracle nobody was hurt – until Flores, that is," Boychuk wrote. "So, yes, the University of California bears more than a little responsibility here."

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