The incident happened at around 10:30 p.m. local time on Thursday when a truck drove into a crowd at the Promenade des Anglais, where fireworks were taking place. The crash prompted hundreds of people to run from the area in panic, fearing an attack.
Just eight months after a murderous rampage in Paris, a deadly attack in the coastal city of Nice on Bastille Day left at least 80 people dead and injured raising terror alarms across Europe.
Television and video images showed a truck running into a late-night crowd of commuters in the French city of NICE knocking people in its path and hundreds fleeing for their lives with !ore than a dozen children were among the dead.
The rampage, which ended after the driver was shot to death by the police, forced President Francois Hollande to call up military reserves and extend the state of emergency in the city immediately.
French media said identity papers of a 31-year-old Frenchman of Tunisian origin were found in the truck. As of now,no one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Details about what led to the crash were not immediately available, but local authorities said a terrorist attack appeared likely, prompting the city to warn residents to stay at home till further notice is given.
