Hundreds of UC San Diego Students Protest Trump Presidential Victory

L A JOLLA, CA -- An estimated 500-plus students at UC San Diego held an apparently spontaneous march in protest of Donald J. Trump's Election Day presidential victory, university police said.

The march began on campus after midnight, but eventually spread out to the Interstate 5 freeway, where one protester was struck by a car, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The university's independent campus newspaper, The Triton, which is run by students, posted videos on its Facebook page documenting students marching, chanting and expressing their displeasure. There were no reports of violence by the students.

According to the CHP, protesters found their way onto the nearby south Interstate 5 on-ramp from La Jolla Village, with at least some of them trickling onto the freeway.

At about 1:45 am, one person was hit by a car and then taken to a hospital with a broken leg. The CHP provided no other information about the incident, including whether it was a hit-and-run or if the driver was cited.

Police shut down the on-ramp once the group walked back onto the streets, then reopened it later.

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