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RENO, Nev.*— A pickup truck drove through a group of activists protesting Columbus Day, hitting five and sending one to the hospital.
The group, which was also protesting the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota,*had stopped at about 7 p.m. PT Monday under the Reno arch to pose for a photo when two men in a white Nissan pickup stopped just before a crosswalk, said*Quanah Brightman, executive director of United Native Americans.
The*driver approached the protesters and the group crowded around the truck, according to a Facebook Live video from Taylor de Lao.*The protesters and the driver exchanged heated words, and the man in the truck then drove through the crowd.
“This is a hate crime,” Brightman said. “It’s still brutal to see this kind of racism in America. That man deserves life (in prison) for what he did.”
An elderly woman whose name wasn't immediately available*was hospitalized after she went under the truck, Brightman said.
After ramming into the crowd, the driver sped away and made a right turn. The Rev. Ralph Whitted of Cincinnati said he was standing at the intersection of Virginia and Second streets when he saw the truck speed off.
“He was weaving in between cars, gunned it and nearly clipped another car,” Whitted said.
The Reno Police Department did not return calls immediately