Passerbys were hit by a car Saturday evening while the annual Comic-Con Zombie Walk took over downtown San Diego, the San Diego Police Department confirmed, and the whole incident was caught on cell phone video.
Police said a deaf family with small children in the black Honda Accord was stopped near 2nd and Island avenues just after 5:30 p.m., waiting for participants of the Zombie Walk to cross.
After several minutes the 48-year-old father slowly rolled forward, trying to get out of the area.
According to the SDPD, several people from the crowd of zombies allegedly surrounded the car and began punching it. Police said the car windshield was shattered by the crowd.
The family was frightened, police said, so the father drove forward again. As he drove, he struck a 64-year-old woman with the side of his car.
In a video posted to YouTube, you can see the woman in a pink shirt -- who was not part of the zombie march -- falling under the car and sustaining a serious arm injury.
The zombie crowd then chased the driver on foot as the family drove toward a police officer down the street, officials said. The driver stopped when he arrived at the location of the police officers.
Officials said the victim was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. She’s expected to recover.
Two other people were also left with minor injuries.
The car's driver has been cited, but he will not be criminally charged.
The incident remains under investigation.
Witness Brenda Sprankle told NBC 7 she first thought the crash was part of the zombie walk, but soon realized it was no joke.
She saw a man run after the car, yelling for police to help.
"And he ran up to the window of the passenger side of the car and he said, 'Do you know you hit those people back there?'" said Sprankle.
According to the Twitter page for the SDZombieWalk, participants of the event had nothing to do with the incident. Many tweeted that they were stunned by the turn of events at the walk and wished a speedy recovery to woman injured in the incident.
SDZombieWalk tweeted:
We confirmed not a member of our walk. 64 year old woman, broken arm, will be okay. Our thoughts are with her. Driver arrested. #SDCC
— ZombieWalk:SanDiego (@sdzombiewalk) July 27, 2014
We REALLY hope we can find out more and the victim is okay. We will find out info and set up fund to help with reward and/or med $ #SDCC
— ZombieWalk:SanDiego (@sdzombiewalk) July 27, 2014
Getting more info on hit & run. Happened at tail of walk. We're finding out more. May be end of the walk. Because people can't listen. #SDCC
— ZombieWalk:SanDiego (@sdzombiewalk) July 27, 2014
Photo Credit: YouTube