The Riverside Police Department is searching for the driver who crashed into a woman during a protest Saturday night.
A large group of demonstrators was marching on University Avenue between Main and Orange streets at 9:10 p.m. when a speeding SUV drove around the march and struck a woman and drove away, according to police.
Paramedics took the seriously injured woman to the hospital, where she remains in stable condition. Friends identified the victim as a 21-year-old Alexa Carrasco. The collision cracked her rib, punctured her lung, broke her leg and caused severe skull injuries, according to her friends. They said she is in a medically induced coma while preparing for her second surgery…