Pedestrians struck in Midtown Manhattan during protest

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A New York City motorist struck several protesters early Friday evening after they surrounded a car at an intersection, according to local reports.

An estimated 50 protesters were demonstrating at the intersection at the time, New York’s ABC7NY reported. Some members of the group surrounded a car – and it allegedly drove through the crowd, striking at least six people.

Just after 4 p.m., the NYPD urged residents just after 4 p.m. to avoid the area around Third Avenue and East 39th Street, in the Murray Hill neighborhood, “due to a vehicle collision involving multiple pedestrians.”

Photographs and videos of the scene after the incident posted to social media show a large crowd of bystanders and protesters looking on as police maintain order.

A car plowed into a group of protesters, injuring several, on Dec. 11, in the Murray Hill neighborhood of New York City.
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Several were hospitalized, but their injuries were reportedly minor.

Police were questioning the driver, a woman, who remained at the scene. Authorities also detained multiple protesters.

A car plowed into a group of protesters, injuring six, on Dec. 11, in the Murray Hill neighborhood of New York City.
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Different local reports described the protest as either part of Black Lives Matter or in solidarity with hunger-striking ICE detainees.

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A car plowed into a group of protesters, injuring several, on Dec. 11, in the Murray Hill neighborhood of New York City.
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