As the truck barreled through the street filled with protesters, many scrambled to get out of its path, while others chased after it as it continued down the block.

Officials from the Los Angeles Fire Department reported that two people were assessed at the scene but ultimately refused medical treatment.

Footage from ABC7 Los Angeles captured a tense scene as officers attempted to hold back the crowd from the U-Haul. Protesters surrounded the vehicle, with some striking the driver and others jabbing flagpoles through the open driver’s side window.

ABC7 Los Angeles’s news helicopter footage showed officers trying to keep the crowd away from the truck as demonstrators swarmed it, throwing punches at the driver and thrusting flagpoles through the driver’s side window. 

The truck had its side mirrors and windshield shattered, and was stopped several blocks away and surrounded by police cars. ABC7 reported the driver was taken into custody, but no other information is available at this time. 

The demonstrations in Los Angeles come after a crackdown on nationwide protests in Iran killed at least 544 people. Even more are feared dead, activists said Sunday, while Tehran warned that the U.S. military and Israel would be “legitimate targets” if America uses force to protect demonstrators.

It caused several hundred people to gather in the Westwood neighborhood to protest against the Iranian theocracy. The LA police department eventually issued a dispersal order, and by 5 p.m. only about a hundred protesters were still at the scene, ABC7 reported.

Trump, in comments to reporters aboard Air Force One late Sunday evening, said that his administration was in talks to set up a meeting with Tehran, but cautioned that he may have to act first as reports of the death toll in Iran mount and the government continues to arrest protesters.

“I think they’re tired of being beat up by the United States,” Trump said. He added, “Iran wants to negotiate.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.