# Truck kills dozens of people in Nice, France on Bastille Day **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 14, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-kills-dozens-of-people-in-nice-france-on-bastille-day/759928 "2016-07-14T21:55:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-kills-dozens-of-people-in-nice-france-on-bastille-day/759928/1 "2016-07-14T21:55:25Z")
Watching live on Sky News. NOT confirmed as a terrorist attack. 30 people reported killed as of now. A truck crashed into a group of people celebrating Bastille Day. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-kills-dozens-of-people-in-nice-france-on-bastille-day/759928/2 "2016-07-14T21:56:48Z")
I guess they aren’t so Nice after all. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-kills-dozens-of-people-in-nice-france-on-bastille-day/759928/3 "2016-07-14T22:01:22Z")
Just saw a quick report about this on the news. Just terrible. No word yet on the reasons, but… a national celebration… France… large body count… it’s hard not to expect this is terrorism. There have been reports of gunfire exchanged with police just after the truck crashed. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-kills-dozens-of-people-in-nice-france-on-bastille-day/759928/4 "2016-07-14T22:17:24Z")
These incidents arent always terror related… > **[Santa Monica Farmers Market crash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Monica_Farmers_Market_crash)** > > On the afternoon of July 16, 2003, George Weller, then age 86, drove his 1992 Buick LeSabre westbound down Arizona Avenue in Santa Monica, California, toward the city's popular Third Street Promenade. The last few blocks of the street, before it ends at the bluffs overlooking Pacific Coast Highway, had been closed to vehicle traffic for the biweekly farmers' market. > Weller's car struck a 2003 Mercedes-Benz S430 sedan that had stopped to allow pedestrians through a crosswalk, then accelerated aro... ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-kills-dozens-of-people-in-nice-france-on-bastille-day/759928/5 "2016-07-14T22:19:21Z")
☹ The terrorist attacks in Europe just aren’t stopping. Such a horrible world that we live and die in these days. My sympathies to the injured French people and their families. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-kills-dozens-of-people-in-nice-france-on-bastille-day/759928/6 "2016-07-14T22:30:34Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > These incidents arent always terror related… > > [Santa Monica Farmers Market crash - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Monica_Farmers_Market_crash) And yet I suspected it could be as soon as I saw the OP. It hasn’t been confirmed yet as a terrorist attack, but unfortunately we live in a world where it’s expected to turn out that way. It sounds awful, but I’d prefer it was just a drunk driver that did this. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-kills-dozens-of-people-in-nice-france-on-bastille-day/759928/7 "2016-07-14T22:35:47Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I guess they aren’t so Nice after all. Classy. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-kills-dozens-of-people-in-nice-france-on-bastille-day/759928/8 "2016-07-14T22:40:01Z")
Someone on another board found out about this because her sister texted that she and her husband were at a restaurant right by the truck. As of the latest update, they are huddled in the kitchen and the police are trying to figure out how to get them out of there, because there may be bombs. This could be worse than anyone ever expected. ☹ :mad: ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-kills-dozens-of-people-in-nice-france-on-bastille-day/759928/9 "2016-07-14T22:40:29Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > Classy. Sorry, it was an ‘oh crap’ moment for me and I turned to poor humor instead of thoughtfulness. My bad. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-kills-dozens-of-people-in-nice-france-on-bastille-day/759928/10 "2016-07-14T22:50:27Z")
According to CNN, there are sources saying there are 60 people dead. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-kills-dozens-of-people-in-nice-france-on-bastille-day/759928/11 "2016-07-14T22:51:17Z")
Sky News reporting that up to 60 are dead. Still a very unclear picture as to what happened. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-kills-dozens-of-people-in-nice-france-on-bastille-day/759928/12 "2016-07-14T22:53:21Z")
At least 60 dead according to CNN. This is getting crazy. France is scary these days. I walked down that exact road 20 years ago. I feel terrible for the French people. And everything’s coming up Trump. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-kills-dozens-of-people-in-nice-france-on-bastille-day/759928/13 "2016-07-14T23:02:16Z")
Wow. It seems unusual to kill that many people with just one vehicle. Was it just smashing into the crowd or was there shooting involved? Just horrible ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-kills-dozens-of-people-in-nice-france-on-bastille-day/759928/14 "2016-07-14T23:03:37Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > These incidents arent always terror related… > > [Santa Monica Farmers Market crash - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Monica_Farmers_Market_crash) I remember when that happened. It was like a mini-9/11 in L.A. Witnesses initially thought it was intentional, but it turned out some demented old guy panicked and hit the gas instead of the brake. :mad: I haven’t read anything so far that confirms the Nice Incident (horrible thing to call it) was intentional, but also I haven’t read anything that rules it out. The truck driving for so long without slowing down is a chilling factor. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-kills-dozens-of-people-in-nice-france-on-bastille-day/759928/15 "2016-07-14T23:04:09Z")
According to reports, the driver got out and started shooting ppople. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-kills-dozens-of-people-in-nice-france-on-bastille-day/759928/16 "2016-07-14T23:07:20Z")
By the way, a question for any ISIS agents lurking here: What makes France so special? It seems like all the recent major terror attacks in Western Europe are in France or Belgium, but rarely anyplace else. Is it something unique about their foreign policy? Something to do with less diligent security? Why not Germany or Spain or Italy? Seriously, what’s the f’in deal? ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-kills-dozens-of-people-in-nice-france-on-bastille-day/759928/17 "2016-07-14T23:09:51Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > By the way, a question for any ISIS agents lurking here: What makes France so special? It seems like all the recent major terror attacks in Western Europe are in France or Belgium, but rarely anyplace else. Is it something unique about their foreign policy? Something to do with less diligent security? Why not Germany or Spain or Italy? Seriously, what’s the f’in deal? More to do with their large immigrant population, I think. (Many of whom sympathize with IS). ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-kills-dozens-of-people-in-nice-france-on-bastille-day/759928/18 "2016-07-14T23:12:23Z")
It’s now reported that guns and grenades were found in the truck ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-kills-dozens-of-people-in-nice-france-on-bastille-day/759928/19 "2016-07-14T23:15:42Z")
There are lots of unconfirmed reports about other activity. The death count is now 70. It sounds like the driver picked up speed and aimed for the thick of the crowd. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-kills-dozens-of-people-in-nice-france-on-bastille-day/759928/20 "2016-07-14T23:23:38Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > There are lots of unconfirmed reports about other activity. The death count is now 70. It sounds like the driver picked up speed and aimed for the thick of the crowd. They just said on CNN the carnage was spread over 2 km. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-kills-dozens-of-people-in-nice-france-on-bastille-day/759928.md?page=2)