Man seriously injured in attack after crashing his truck during Black Lives Matter protest in Portland

A man was seriously injured late Sunday when protesters beat him after he crashed his truck on a downtown sidewalk, authorities said. The protesters had reportedly accused the man, who has not been identified, of trying to hit them with his vehicle before the crash.

Portland police said they received a report at about 10:30 p.m. on Sunday that a man had been injured near the intersection of Southwest Broadway and Southwest Taylor Street. The incident occurred several blocks away from a Black Lives Matter rally in front of the Justice Center, which houses the city’s jail and a police precinct.

“The report said protesters were chasing the truck before it crashed, and they assaulted the driver after the crash,” Sgt. Kevin Allen told The Washington Post in a statement early Monday. “The driver was transported to the hospital by ambulance with serious injuries.”

Videos shot just after the truck crashed show a small group of people confronting the driver, pulling him away from the vehicle and slamming him to the ground. They told him to stay seated until police arrived, and the man appeared to mostly comply with that demand.

One graphic video posted on Twitter shows a man running up to the driver and kicking him in the head, apparently knocking him unconscious. Another person grabs the assailant and pulls him away as people nearby shout for a medic and tell someone in the area to call 911.