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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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French farming protests: mother and daughter die after car hits road blockade

The crumpled wreck of a car in front of a large tractor
The vehicle involved in the fatal collision in Pamiers, Ariège. The road had been blocked as part of protests by farmers across France. Photograph: Valentine Chapuis/AFP/Getty Images

A woman and her teenage daughter have died in southern France after a car hit a roadblock where they were standing. The blockade had been set up by farmers taking part in growing anti-government protests.

The 35-year-old woman and her 14-year-old daughter were killed at 5.45am when a car went through a warning barrage and collided at speed with bales of straw piled up to stop traffic in Pamiers, Ariège, to the south of Toulouse.

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