People flee as van drives erratically at LA protests
BBC reporter Christal Hayes was driving through downtown Los Angeles trying to make her way home when she saw protesters gathered and what appeared to be a car fire.
She said while she was waiting at a red light a van flew through a carpark and slammed into a junction, appearing to hit several protesters and a bike or scooter belonging to a demonstrator.
The driver - who was shirtless - continued driving erratically as people ran. He did multiple circles while driving backwards as protesters and those driving tried to flee.
She said she saw the same driver earlier in the evening speeding through areas that police had blockaded and that he nearly slammed into two different police lines before officers ordered him to turn around. He fled after shouting at officers.
Local media report the driver has been arrested, and that nobody was injured.
