MSNBC has broken live coverage of a commercial, 18 wheeler size truck being used to attack a crowd in Nice France. There had just been a fireworks display on the coast when a commercial truck sped up and jumped the curb, mowing down pedestrians on the sidewalk. The former mayor of Nice is saying that the fatality count may already be in the dozens. There were also reports as yet unconfirmed of police gunfire in engaging the truck. It has been reported that the truck has been surrounded and captured by the police, but no word on whether or not any suspects were killed or captured. France is not ruling out terrorism, but has yet to claim that it is a terrorist attack.
I hate it when life imitates art! In his book “Mr. Mercedes” Stephen King wrote of a psychopath who stole a Mercedes and drove it through a crowd of people standing in line for a job fair, escaping in the panic. Let’s hope these creeps weren’t so lucky. I’ll update as additional information becomes
available.
Thanks as always for reading!
Thursday, Jul 14, 2016 · 10:39:25 PM +00:00 · Murfster35
MSNBC just read an AP report of a local eyewitness who stated that the driver plowed through the crowd, Stopped the rtuck, jumped out and opened fire on the fleeing crowd. He described it as “carnage everywhere”. I’m searching for the actual quote so that I can post it.
Thursday, Jul 14, 2016 · 10:41:35 PM +00:00 · Murfster35
Many thanks to Be Sceptical for providing a link to The Guardian which provided the quote, which is this;
A witness has told the Associated Press that he saw the truck driver emerge from the vehicle with a gun and start shooting after ploughing into the crowd.
Wassim Bouhlel, a Nice native who spoke to the agency near the city’s Promenade du Paillon, said: “There was carnage on the road. Bodies everywhere.”