LOS ANGELES, California — Los Angeles police responded Sunday after somebody drove a U-Haul box truck down a street crowded with marchers demonstrating in support of the Iranian people. Protesters scrambled out of the way and then ran after the speeding vehicle to try to attack the driver.

The U-Haul truck, with a window and side mirrors shattered, was stopped several blocks away and surrounded by police cars. ABC7 news helicopter footage showed officers keeping the crowd at bay as demonstrators swarmed the truck, throwing punches at the driver and thrusting flagpoles through the driver’s side window.

The driver, a man who was not identified, was detained “pending further investigation,” police said in a statement on Sunday evening.

The police statement said one person was hit by the truck, but nobody was seriously hurt. Paramedics evaluated two people, but both declined treatment, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.

A banner attached to the truck said “No Shah. No Regime. USA: Don’t Repeat 1953. No Mullah,” an apparent........

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