Car rams through white nationalist rally

A has ploughed into a group of people marching peacefully in the state of Virginia.

An Associated Press reporter saw at least one person on the ground receiving medical treatment immediately after the incident, which occurred approximately two hours after violent clashes between white nationalists and counter-protesters on Saturday.

The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

There were several hundred protesters marching in a long line when the car drove into a group of them.