A Winslow Township Police officer was injured Wednesday morning when he was struck by a vehicle trying to leave a protest that was being broken up by cops, authorities said.

The protest was taking place on Marcia Court around 10 a.m., and police received a call that several people were trespassing on private property shortly after it began, according to a statement from the Winslow Township Police Department

The crowd was large and agitated, and police tried to calm the situation down, the department said. While doing so, a resident tried to leave the area on a Spyder-style three-wheel motorcycle.

While officers were managing the crowd, the vehicle struck an officer who suffered minor injuries, police said.

The unidentified driver of the vehicle was taken into custody, charged with an

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