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A pickup truck driver in Iowa ploughed into pro-choice protesters opposing the overturning of Roe v. Wade abortion rights, video shows

Protesters approach a pickup truck that attempted to run over abortion-rights protesters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Protesters approach a pickup truck that attempted to run over abortion-rights protesters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.Isacc Davis via Reuters
  • A truck drove into pro-choice protesters who were demonstrating against the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

  • Videos of the incident show protesters trying to stop the car in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

  • Witnesses said that at least one woman had to be hospitalized after the incident.

A truck drove into a group of pro-choice protesters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Friday, leading to at least one woman being hospitalized.

The group of mostly women protesters was demonstrating against the landmark Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade when an unidentified man driving a black Ford truck drove into them.

The truck rolled over one woman's ankle and led to her going to the hospital, witnesses told The Huffington Post.

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In videos of the incident, protesters can be seen trying to stand in the car's way and shouting at the driver to stop. He accelerates and a protester is knocked to the ground.

 

"I'm still in shock a little. I saw a man try to kill two women while his wife screamed and told him to stop,"  local journalist Lyz Lenz, who witnessed the attack, wrote on Twitter.