Anti-Trump Protester Hit by Car While Blocking Freeway Now Suing for Injuries

The rest of us just know not to play in traffic.

In 2016, a sophomore at the University of California-San Diego walked onto a busy freeway to protest the election of Donald Trump and got hit by a car. Now, she’s suing the school for not stopping her.

According to The College Fix, Mariana Flores was injured by the car, but luckily not killed. She had a crushed pelvis, a fractured leg, and “other serious injuries.” Though it was her decision to go against common knowledge and play in traffic, Flores holds UCSD at least partly responsible for not stopping the protest “before it got dangerous.”

From The Fix:

The Nov. 2016 protest had began at “Library Walk” and journeyed through campus. Next, demonstrators ended up on the I-5, a very large and busy eight-laned freeway that cuts through San Diego.

The car that stuck Flores had gotten around an emergency vehicle that had been attempting to block traffic so authorities could shut down the freeway, according to the Los Angeles Times.

In an interview with The Guardian, Gene Sullivan, Flores’s lawyer, asserted that the university planned, organized and knew the protest was happening for hours and did nothing to stop it.

Sullivan argued that by doing nothing to stop the protest, UCSD essentially approved and lent its full support to students walking onto an interstate.

“We think it’s a case of shared responsibility of the school, Maria and the driver, and we’re not saying that anybody is without fault or fault-free,” Sullivan added. “We think other people bear some responsibility as well.”

Flores and her lawyer hope a jury will come to a fair conclusion and decide the percentages each party bears responsibility for and compensate her accordingly.

Welcome to college as kindergarten, where adults need constant supervision and direction toward right and wrong.

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