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Eyewitness: ‘Bodies everywhere’ after driver in France slams into crowd

An eyewitness said that he saw a truck driver slam a vehicle into a crowd of revelers and then emerge shooting, killing many

NICE, France — An eyewitness has told The Associated Press that he saw a truck driver slam a vehicle into a crowd of revelers in the French resort city of Nice and then emerge shooting, killing many.

Wassim Bouhlel, a Nice native who spoke to the AP near Nice’s Promenade du Paillon, said that he saw a truck drive into the crowd and then witnessed the man emerge with a gun and start shooting.

“There was carnage on the road,” Bouhlel said. “Bodies everywhere.”

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