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| Motorcycle hero tried to board truck used in Bastille Day attack | |
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| Footage has emerged of a motorcyclist who chased and tried to leap on to the truck used by the Nice attacker to kill at least 84 people on Thursday evening. | Footage has emerged of a motorcyclist who chased and tried to leap on to the truck used by the Nice attacker to kill at least 84 people on Thursday evening. |
| A German journalist, who witnessed the attack during Bastille Day celebrations in the French coastal city, said he saw a motorcyclist dismount and try to enter the cabin but fall and end up under the wheels. | |
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| “I stood on the balcony, right on the Promenade des Anglais, and saw how people celebrated there, and how suddenly a truck drove through the crowd,” Richard Gutjahr, who shot smartphone video footage of the incident, told Agence France-Presse on Friday. | |
| “Surprisingly, [the truck driver] drove very slowly, not fast. He drove slowly and he was chased by a motorcyclist,” Gutjahr said. “The motorcyclist attempted to overtake the truck and even tried to open the driver’s door, but he fell and ended up under the wheels of the truck.” | “Surprisingly, [the truck driver] drove very slowly, not fast. He drove slowly and he was chased by a motorcyclist,” Gutjahr said. “The motorcyclist attempted to overtake the truck and even tried to open the driver’s door, but he fell and ended up under the wheels of the truck.” |
| It is also believed that three members of France’s national police chased the lorry on foot. Gutjahr said he saw two police officers open fire on the vehicle. “The driver stepped on the accelerator and the truck sped up, accelerated and drove in a zig-zag course into the crowd. | It is also believed that three members of France’s national police chased the lorry on foot. Gutjahr said he saw two police officers open fire on the vehicle. “The driver stepped on the accelerator and the truck sped up, accelerated and drove in a zig-zag course into the crowd. |
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| “In the next 15 to 20 seconds there were shots from several guns. I don’t know who shot at whom.” | “In the next 15 to 20 seconds there were shots from several guns. I don’t know who shot at whom.” |
| “The panicked crowd ran in all directions. Those who could save themselves ran into the hotels, or sought security in the hotel entrances,” he added. | |
| Agence France-Presse contributed to this report | Agence France-Presse contributed to this report |