Latest: One dead, 19 injured after car ploughs into peaceful marchers in Charlottesville

Latest: One person has died and 19 others were injured after a car ploughed into a group of people marching against white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia today.

Update 9.26pm: One person has died and 19 others were injured after a car ploughed into a group of people marching against white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia today.

University of Virginia Medical Centre spokeswoman Angela Taylor confirmed the death, while the mayor of Charlottesville Michael Signer said via Twitter that he is "heartbroken" to announce that a "life has been lost".