Car plows into dozens of protesters at Charlottesville rally

[Mystic Wanderer]

UPDATE:  One of the police helicopters that was monitoring the situation on the ground crashed, killing 2 aboard.

CHARLOTTESVILLE — One person was killed and at least 19 injured Saturday when a car crashed into a crowd of peaceful protesters leaving a "Unite the Right" rally that officials declared an "unlawful assembly." State officials said the driver was in custody. 

The planned rally had already been shut down following bottle-throwing clashes between alt-right demonstrators, counter-protesters, white nationalists, neo-Nazis and supporters of Black Lives Matter.
Angela Taylor, a public information officer at the University of Virginia Medical Center, told USA TODAY that 20 patients were taken there and one died. The conditions of the other 19 were not yet determined.
“I am heartbroken that a life has been lost here,” Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer tweeted.

About three hours after the car crash, the Virginia State Police's Bell 407 helicopter crashed about 7 miles from the scene. Police reports said the helicopter crashed in a wooded area and two people on board died. No one on the ground was injured. The helicopter had been assisting in police supervision of the protests.

The driver of a silver Dodge Charger plowed into one of the groups streaming away from the rally at Emancipation Park through the narrow downtown streets.

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Well, at least they got the driver of the car in custody that killed one person and injured 19 others.