VICTORIA Victoria police are investigating after an old-growth logging protester was hit by a car outside of the provincial law courts on Wednesday evening. Police say the collision occurred around 6 p.m. when a group of activists were rallying outside of the law courts in the 600-block of Blanshard Street, with some on the sidewalk and some on the northbound lanes of the road. Victoria police say the vehicle, which was travelling northbound on Blanshard Street, had just cleared the top of a hill with low-visibility when it crashed into a protester at a low speed. Police spoke with the driver, the person struck, and nearby witnesses, and the police department says it does not believe there was any indication that the driver intentionally struck the person who moved into the roadway.
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