Poorly written. At first I thought the trouble makers were strangers with the following information, “an unruly crowd gathered and rapidly grew in size and out of control, surrounding the scene…,”.
Then, there was the following information, “At this point, it is not known who attacked first responders and what their motive was. Friends and family of the crash victim, who has yet to be identified by police but was referred to by family as “C.J.,” didn’t provide any additional information about the incident other than to say that some family members on the scene were “extremely upset” in the immediate aftermath of the crash.”
What likely was intended to be reported is that the family was upset by what the strangers were doing. And, that the police have not been able to collect the names of the strangers who were causing the trouble.
The poorly written headline sounds like the First Responders did the “pushing and kicking.”