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VIDEO: Motorcyclist risks life in attempt to stop Nice terror attack VIDEO: Heroic motorcyclist loses life in attempt to stop terror attack in Nice
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A video circulating the web purports to show the desperate attempt of a motorcyclist to stop the Nice terror attack in its tracks. The rider appears to fling himself onto the truck that eventually plowed into the crowd gathered for Bastille Day fireworks. A video posted online shows a desperate attempt by a motorcyclist to stop the terror attack in the French resort of Nice on Thursday. The rider died after flinging himself on to the truck that plowed into the crowd gathered for Bastille Day fireworks.
The video – reportedly filmed from a nearby balcony by journalist Richard Gutjahr – shows the biker racing along on the left side of the truck before jumping off and running up to the cab of the lorry. The video – reportedly filmed from a nearby balcony by journalist Richard Gutjahr – shows the biker racing along on the left side of the truck before jumping off and running up to the cabin of the lorry.
“It was like a [scene from] a movie. At the crossroads, the police opened fire after the truck driver started driving faster and running people over,” Gutjahr told Meduza news website. The killer truck "drove very slowly, not fast, he drove slowly and he was chased by a motorcyclist," Gutjahr told AFP.
He then jumps onto the side of the lorry, clinging onto the truck as it drives forward. He continues to hold onto the vehicle as, according to The Sun, officers shoot at the front in an attempt to stop the driver. "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," he added.
It is unclear whether the truck had already run people over when the motorcyclist jumped on board. In his interview with Meduza website, the journalist compared what he witnessed in Nice to “a [scene from] a movie.”
The truck attack killed at least 84 people and injured around 100 others on Thursday night. “At the crossroads, the police opened fire after the truck driver started driving faster and running people over,” Gutjahr told Meduza news website.
The terrorist behind the steering wheel then “stepped on the accelerator and the truck sped up, accelerated and drove in a zig-zag course into the crowd,” Gutjahr told AFP.
At that point, "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.
The truck attack killed at least 84 people and injured around 100 others.