AT least 84 people, including several children, have died after a terrorist drove a truck through crowds celebrating Bastille Day in Nice.

Eyewitnesses said the killer swerved from side to side to kill as many people as possible as he drove for hundreds of metres along the Promenade des Anglais on the seafront of the city in the south of France.

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At first horrified onlookers assumed the driver had lost control.

But one witness said he then produced a gun before being shot by police.

As sun rose on Friday morning, the lorry could still be seen where it finally came to a halt, its windscreen peppered with bullet holes.

Social media users in Lancashire have taken to Twitter to unite with the people of France. #PrayForNice

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