A protestor was killed on Saturday when a panicked motorist accidentally rammed one of the hundreds of roadblocks set up across France by so-called “yellow vest” demonstrators angry at rising fuel prices.

In Paris, several hundred demonstrators chanting “Macron, resign,” tried to reach the gates of the Elysée, the residence and offices of president Emmanuel Macron, before being pushed back by riot police using tear gas.

The protestor who was killed died after being hit by a car driven by a woman trying to bring her daughter to the doctor in the southeastern Savoie region.

She panicked when protesters surrounded the vehicle and began banging on the roof.

In Quimper, Brittany, dozens of protestors battled with police in front of the local government offices, where a woman accidentally drove into two police officers.

At least 229 people were injured - seven on them seriously - around the country, according to the interior ministry. One person in the north was run over by a car and left in a critical state, and a policeman in the southern town of Grasse hit by a driver trying to force his way through a blockade.