Protester killed in car accident in France
Saturday 17/November/2018 - 04:42 PM
A protester taking part in a road blockade has been killed by accident after a car crashed into her, France's Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said on Saturday.
Castaner noted that the driver panicked when protesters surrounded her car and began banging on the roof, Euronews reported.
She then ploughed into the crowd in Pont-de-Beauvoisin, southeast France, hitting a woman in her 50s, he said.
The protesters are trying to block motorways and roads and disrupt fuel depots across France.
Around 50,000 people are estimated to have joined the "yellow vests " - named after the high-visibility jackets they wear - in over a thousand locations.
The protests began at the end of last year after higher fuel taxes were introduced.
Recently they surged after petrol prices went up and now they've evolved into a wider movement against President Emmanuel Macron's government.
