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EWU students unharmed in Bastille Day violence in France

People pray at Sainte-Reparate cathedral, in Nice, southwestern France, Friday, July 15, 2016, during a mass in memory of the terrorist attack victims of Nice. A large truck mowed through revelers gathered for Bastille Day fireworks in Nice, killing more than 80 people and sending people fleeing into the sea as it bore down for more than a mile along the Riviera city’s famed waterfront promenade. (Claude Paris / Associated Press)
By Nina Culver nculver47@gmail.com

Many of the 15 Eastern Washington University students studying in Nice, France, attended the Bastille Day celebration that turned bloody Thursday, but all are unharmed.

Dozens of people were killed and injured after a man drove a truck into a crowd of people celebrating the holiday.

The students are in the midst of a four-week intensive French study program scheduled to last through July 28, according to an EWU news release. They have been offered counseling and the university will bring home any student who wants to return early.

The students are housed in residence halls at the University of Nice. EWU will continue monitoring the situation, the news release said.