Woman, 66, suffers broken arm in hit-and-run during downtown Chicago anti-ICE protests, police say

A 66-year-old woman suffered a broken left arm in a hit-and-run Tuesday evening while during a downtown anti-ICE protest, officials said.

The woman was protesting in the middle of the street in the first block of East Monroe Street around 6:20 p.m. Tuesday when a red 2003 Kia Spectra drove through a group of protesters in the street, Chicago police said Wednesday.

The victim, who broke her arm as the car fled the scene, was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where she was treated and released, officials said.

Police were still searching for the driver and car involved in the incident as of Wednesday morning. The department is investigating the incident as a "hit and run, traffic crash," records show.

The vehicle's owner was traced back to Wisconsin, according to traffic crash reports obtained by the Sun-Times.

The driver was stuck between police vehicles on State Street as thousands came downtown to protest the recent immigration raids by the Trump administration.

Officers attempted to guide her away from the crowd and asked her to turn right on Monroe Street, but she ignored their orders and turned left, speeding into the crowd.

One officer tried to get the driver to stop and pulled on the driver’s-side door handle, but the driver sped off.

Dr. Howard Ehrman was feet away from the mayhem when the vehicle drove into the crowd but didn’t see anyone struck.

"There's maybe like 100 people behind me and all of a sudden I hear these footsteps and I turn around and everybody's running and here comes this car driving about 30 miles an hour," Ehrman, 78, said. "I saw people who were holding a banner, the banner got hit, and one of them fell down."

Contributing: Cindy Hernandez, Adriana Cardona-Maguigad, Kade Heather and Kaitlin Washburn