Car Plows Through Crowd Of Anti-ICE Protesters; 66-Year-Old Injured: Police

CHICAGO — A car plowed through a crowd of protesters Tuesday evening in downtown Chicago, seemingly striking a 66-year-old woman, according to video and police reports.

Demonstrators opposing recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in California crowded downtown roadways, and a woman at one point drove a car quickly down Monroe Street, which was filled with protesters, causing them to dart out of her way, as shown in a video published by the Associated Press.

Around the same time and location that the car plowed through the crowd, as reported by WLS, a woman standing in the road was struck, according to police.

That crash occurred at about 6:30 p.m. on East Monroe Street between South State Street and South Michigan Avenue, police said. The woman was standing in the road when she was hit and the vehicle fled, according to police.

The victim suffered a left arm fracture and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where she was treated and released, police said.

The demonstration grew to at least a thousand protesters by late Tuesday.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.