A driver died in Belgium near the border with France on Friday evening after hitting a truck which had slowed down due to a blockade by “yellow vest” protesters, a local government official said.
The death takes to seven the number of people who have died in incidents linked to the anti-government protests in France which began on November 17 over rising petrol and diesel costs.
Most of the deaths have been in accidents at blockades or barriers set up by protesters on roundabouts or on roads leading to motorways.
On December 1, an 80-year-old woman was fatally injured by a tear-gas grenade fired by police in Marseille.