One person was cited following an incident between a protester and a car during an anti-war demonstration that blocked Sixth Avenue on Saturday night, Feb. 28. Both the protester and the driver were injured, police said.

Protesters had been standing in the streets to block traffic on Sixth and Seventh Avenues and on Pearl Street, as part of a demonstration in opposition to U.S.-Israeli strikes against Iran early Saturday.

According to Eugene Police Department spokesperson Melinda McLaughlin, a vehicle attempted to slowly drive through the blockade of protesters at about 8 p.m., and people began striking the car. The driver accelerated forward, and a person was caught on the hood of the vehicle, and began hitting and damaging the windshield before falling off.  

The person who had been on the car, Shane Alexander Novak, 19, from Pflugerville, Texas, was transported by a Eugene Springfield Fire ambulance to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. 

Police say the driver of the vehicle, a Eugene woman in her 30s, had facial injuries from being struck in the face while her window was down. She pulled over shortly after the incident, at Sixth Avenue and Olive Street, before also being taken to a hospital for treatment. Her condition was not provided.

Novak was issued criminal citations for second-degree criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.