Cyclist struck by car during Winnipeg protest

A car struck a cyclist during a demonstration at Portage and Main Wednesday afternoon.

A car struck a cyclist during a demonstration at Portage and Main Wednesday afternoon.

The protest was taking place after a woman was hit by a Winnipeg police vehicle near a homeless encampment Monday night near Fort Rouge Park, dying from her injuries. She has been identified by family as Tammy Bateman.

Images from the scene show multiple people hanging off the car and the vehicle being swarmed by protesters.

The cyclist, who declined to give her name, said she was at the protest when the car arrived trying to get through.

"He stopped a bit, and then revved his engine when someone was in front of him," she said. "A bunch of us came to stop him, but as he was turning, I was also there, and he, like, came at me. My bike was in front of me, so it stopped a lot of his momentum, but I did fall. He did hit me."

No ambulances were at the scene, but the driver of the vehicle was seen with blood on his face.

Dozens of demonstrators moved to the Winnipeg Police Service headquarters, where handprints in red paint, representing Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, were placed on the outside doors.