A Glasgow woman has described the terrifying moment a lorry drove through a crowd of people in a suspected terrorist attack in Nice.
Tracy Findlater, an engineering technician from Glasgow, was eating dinner with her partner Lesley Eadie just off the Promenade of de Anglais when the attack happened.
The 48-year-old told the Evening Times of the moment screams rang out in the street as a lorry ploughed through a crowd of people celebrating the national holiday of Bastille Day.
She said: "“All of a sudden people were running up the street - the noise of screaming and glasses smashing was unbelievable,” she said.
“We didn't have a clue what had happened, but everyone piled into the restaurant and waited.
“I thought it might have just been panic because of rogue fireworks or something. But the guy in the restaurant said there had been shots fired.
“About five minutes later we quickly headed back to our apartment.
“If we hadn't been late out for dinner, we would have been there watching the fireworks. That’s the scariest part.
“There were so many babies and children still out too and a little old lady in a wheelchair who got caught in the panic.
“It's very surreal here today. Lots of stunned faces and women crying quietly in cafes.”
84 people have been confirmed dead, including several children, and more than 50 remain in a serious condition in hospital when a lorry was driven into a crowd of people celebrating the national holiday of Bastille Day.
A lorry zig-zagged through a crowd gathered after the end of a firework display on the seafront in Nice marking France's day of independence, Bastille Day.
The identity of the driver is currently unknown however papers secured from the vehicle were of a 31-year-old French-Tunisian, according to an unnamed police source.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Scotland will stand in solidarity with it's oldest ally France as Scots paid tributes to those who lost their lives.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article