The driver is reported to have picked up speed to slam the lorry into revellers celebrating Bastille Day on the city’s famous Promenade des Anglais. One witness said he drove for at least 2-3 miles, mowing people down along the way. He then emerged from the vehicle and started shooting, another witness told news agency AP. French media reports that dozens have been killed after a truck drove into a crowd in Nice. “There was carnage on the road,” he said. “Bodies everywhere.” Local newspaper Le Parisien is reporting that shots were exchanged with police. “According to our information the driver of the lorry has been killed. A possible accomplice fled the scene,” the newspaper said. The white lorry appears to be riddled with bullet holes An image appears to show the front of a white lorry riddled with bullet holes. The incident took place as spectators gathered to watch a Bastille Day fireworks display on city’s waterfront. Dramatic footage shows dozens of panicked people running from the scene. “People are running. It’s panic. The lorry mounted the prom, he drove over everyone,” a journalist on the scene for local newspaper Nice Martin reported. “Everyone is bleeding – there are loads of people injured, without doubt.” President of the Nice Cote d’Azur region, Christian Estrosi, has tweeted: “The driver of a lorry seems to have killed dozens of people. ]]>