Photos: #Charlottesville car attack victim identified

The woman who died during weekend protests in Charlottesville, Va., has been identified as Heather Heyer, a paralegal.

A Dodge Challenger rammed into a group of protesters as tension boiled over at a white supremacist rally on Saturday. Heyer, 32, was killed as she crossed the street.

Heyer was taken to UVA Hospital, where she was declared dead, according to a press release from the city of Charlottesville. 
She “was struck down by a vehicle while exercising her peaceful First Amendment right to speech,” a statement said. “This senseless act of violence rips a hole in our collective hearts.”