A woman participating in a Riverside protest was struck and seriously injured over the weekend by a motorist who drove through the crowd before speeding away, according to published reports.
The felony hit and run happened at 9:40 p.m. Saturday on University Avenue, between Main Street and Orange Avenue, police told reporters. A driver in a dark-colored SUV plowed through the demonstration without stopping after several protesters surrounded the vehicle, which was initially stopped in the middle of University Avenue as protesters filled the street and adjacent sidewalks.
Video posted on social media shows protesters gathering near the vehicle — one of whom strikes it with an object — before the SUV abruptly turns and accelerates through the crowd…