Too many things are not yet known to conclude that. Such as, what had the guy experienced in the several minutes before he arrived at that crowded area? Had he been threatened, cursed, things thrown at his car as he drove down the street well before coming to the crowd?
How many baseball bats and other club carriers had he noticed along the street? There seemed to be many bats and clubs at the area where he ran into the other vehicles and the crowd.
He might well have had reasons building for several minutes to cause him to fear that he was amidst an armed mob intent on causing him serious harm, so he tried to escape in his car as the only escape route he had.
We need to know what had happened for several minutes before he encountered the mob at the congested area.