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MOMENTS FROM DEATH

Chilling picture shows Nice boulevard packed with revellers minutes before 19-ton truck ploughed into them

The image shows families enjoying the party atmosphere on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice before the horrific attack

Bastille Day lorry attack

A HAUNTING picture shows hundreds of people celebrating on a packed Nice promenade minutes before the Bastille Day massacre.

The chilling image shows families, including small children, enjoying the party atmosphere before a brainwashed killer drove a truck through the crowd.

 Facebook user Marcus Freeman uploaded this picture showing people enjoying the Bastille Day celebrations before the attack
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Facebook user Marcus Freeman uploaded this picture showing people enjoying the Bastille Day celebrations before the attackCredit: PA:Press Association

Witnesses say the 25-tonne vehicle mowed people down “like a bowling ball” killing at least 84 people and injuring dozens more.

The French Tunisian man, 31, drove the terror-lorry for a mile along the Promenade des Anglais before exiting the huge rig and opening fire on more terrified people.

At least 54 children are being treated in hospital following the terrorist attack.

British tourist Kevin Harris told Good Morning Britain that he left the promenade just minutes before the attack.

He said "After a minute of being back in my room, I heard some gunshots went out on my terrace and saw this dreadful scene.

"Lots of bodies lying in the middle of the promenade - everybody was dead."

Holidaymaker Esther Serwah, 59 from Surrey, was enjoying a meal with her daughters when horrific attack started.

She said: "I was just walking to the Promenade and then I saw everybody running and I just didn't know what was going on.

"People were screaming at me in French but I didn't understand.

"Some people were lying on the streets dead and people were running over the bodies. I'm in shock. I'm still shaking."

 Bodies litter the ground after a truck driver shouting 'allahu akbar' ploughed through crowds celebrating Bastille Day
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Bodies litter the ground after a truck driver shouting 'allahu akbar' ploughed through crowds celebrating Bastille DayCredit: Matrix
 A body of a child, lying beside a doll, is covered following the attack in Nice
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A body of a child, lying beside a doll, is covered following the attack in NiceCredit: Reuters
 The battered truck used in the attack is surrounded by investigators
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The battered truck used in the attack is surrounded by investigatorsCredit: AP:Associated Press


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