A newly released video shows a driver in California mowing down a pedestrian before speeding away.

KCAL reports the Gardena police are investigating the incident as assault with a deadly weapon.

Joshua Byrd, who is nearly 300 pounds, said the attack left him with five stitches in his chin, a fractured wrist and injured back.

"I remember back to a YouTube video I watched probably about a couple of months ago about stunt men and how they get hit by cars and stuff like that. So all I remember was tuck my body and aim for the windshield and pray for the best," he said.

Byrd said the incident began Monday morning when someone threw trash in front of the place he works.

Byrd said he asked the man to pick the trash up.

"He got a little upset, saying all types of 'eff you,'" he recalled.

Surveillance video shows the driver make circles in front of Byrd, who is standing on the sidewalk. Something can be seen being thrown at Byrd. He said it was a glass jar full of urine.

Byrd begins chasing the driver. He steps into the street to try and get a picture of the car's license plate. That's when he is mowed down.

"I didn't know he was coming to hit me...I thought he was just going to drive this way," Byrd said.

No suspect information has been released.