A vehicle has plowed into a group of counter-protesters at a white nationalist rally Charlottesville, Virginia.

Some white supremacists had staged a rally protesting the planned removal of the statue of Gen Robert E Lee from Charlottesville.

State authorities had been forced to declare a state of emergency after a clash between the nationalists and some counter-terrorists.

In a video posted online, a vehicle intentionally rammed into some of the protesters.

See video below:

BREAKING: Vehicle plows into a group of counter-protesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia. #Charlottesville ? pic.twitter.com/vg1k7dMm4V

— SeriouslyUS? (@USseriously) August 12, 2017

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