Irate driver drags eco protester off a road before ramming others with his car and speeding off through their blockade in Italy

This is the moment a furious driver ripped an eco-warrior away from his car, before driving through several more and speeding off. 

The driver of a purple BMW was seen angrily getting out of his car and walking over to several members of Italian activist group Last Generation, who yesterday morning blocked the Rome-Civitavecchia motorway near Torrimpietra. 

The protestors, wearing high-vis jackets and carrying large signs, had blocked off the dual-carriageway to lobby for a 'reparation fund', and used glue to stick themselves to the concrete. 

Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reported that dozens were stuck in the blockage which stopped drivers from heading towards Rome from Civitavecchia, which lasted for 40 minutes. 

The driver of the BMW was seen dragging a male protestor away from his car. But the other protestors were not deterred, and several can be seen standing in front of his car shortly after. 

The driver then drives forward twice, seemingly in an attempt to get the protestors to back down. 

But after more join them, the driver decides to drive through the crowd and speed off. 

Italian media reported that no one was seriously injured during the incident, and that police later came and removed the protestors. 

Environmentalists have ramped up their protest efforts across the world. In the UK, police officers have made 630 climate arrests as eco-zealots stage weeks of disruption - with group 'die-ins' taking place on London's streets.

Scotland Yard said 630 arrests had been made of Just Stop Oil protesters since 30 October, and 328 were charged. The rest have been released on police bail. 

Officers are using new powers to make the mass arrests under anti-protest legislation, which bans any action that 'interferes with the use or operation of any key national infrastructure'.

Almost half of the 'climate arrests' over the last month have been under this new legislation - section seven of the Public Order Act 2023. 

More than 470 eco-activists have been arrested - some more than once - according to Just Stop Oil.

Data gathered by the group shows at least 276 people have been charged. At least 125 were charged with blocking key national infrastructure under section seven, and 125 with wilful obstruction of the highway.

It comes after JSO protesters staged a 'die-in' in London - making themselves limp and floppy to make it more difficult for police to move them.

The activists' 30-day campaign of disruption on an 'unprecedented scale' saw them deploy the new tactic.