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At least 60 Dead as Truck Plows Into Crowd in Southern France, Driver Killed

sophist July 15, 2016



A truck plowed into pedestrians during Bastille Day celebrations in the popular French seaside city of Nice, leaving at least 60 people dead, officials said.
Broadcaster i-Tele quoted the prosecutor's office as saying the preliminary death toll was 60.
The president of the Nice region, Eric Ciotti, said on French radio 60 people were killed. Nice's former mayor and a province president, Christian Estrosi said there appeared to be dozens of deaths. He later said there were 70 "victims."
The truck struck the crowd at around 10:40 p.m. local time (4:40 p.m. ET) shortly after a fireworks display.
A spokesperson for France's Interior Ministry said on Twitter: "The individual who was driving the truck was neutralized. Investigation will determine if he was acting alone." Police urged residents to stay in their homes.
Estrosi, president of the Provence Alpes-Maritimes, said in an interview with French media that the driver also shot at people and was fatally shot by police. A senior U.S. military official told NBC News that light arms and explosives were found in the truck.

Broadcaster i-Tele quoted the prosecutor's office as saying the preliminary death toll was 60.
The president of the Nice region, Eric Ciotti, said on French radio 60 people were killed. Nice's former mayor and a province president, Christian Estrosi said there appeared to be dozens of deaths. He later said there were 70 "victims."
The truck struck the crowd at around 10:40 p.m. local time (4:40 p.m. ET) shortly after a fireworks display.
A spokesperson for France's Interior Ministry said on Twitter: "The individual who was driving the truck was neutralized. Investigation will determine if he was acting alone." Police urged residents to stay in their homes.
Estrosi, president of the Provence Alpes-Maritimes, said in an interview with French media that the driver also shot at people and was fatally shot by police. A senior U.S. military official told NBC News that light arms and explosives were found in the truck.
 Truck Plows Into Massive Crowd on Bastille Day in France Killing Dozens 3:24
"White truck literally racing through crowds of all ages. People either caught in path or forced to jump onto rocks over beach barrier," witness Andrew Botros, an Edinburgh man who owns a holiday apartment in Nice, told NBC News in a Twitter message. "Some dead. Horrific," Botros said.
A senior U.S. military source told NBC News that French authorities are reporting that the truck "purposefully" and "maliciously" struck the crowd.



French President Francois Hollande and the country's interior minister were holding a crisis meeting over the situation. The Interior Ministry said a catastrophe and disaster response plan was being implemented. U.S. President Barack Obama has been briefed on the situation, National Security Council spokesperson said. Witnesses described the chaos after the truck hit the crowd.
"I looked up and saw, like, a tsunami wave of people just running towards me as fast as they possibly could screaming at the top of their lungs," Dr. Kevin Motamedi, a Denver physician on a tour of Europe, told NBC News. "And I just grabbed who I was with and started running as fast as possible. It was basically just complete mass hysteria."
"It was the scariest moment of my life, easily," Motamedi said. "As we were running, you could tell the people in front of us had no idea that anything was going on, so we were running and grabbing people saying, 'Run. Go home!'"

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