A YouTuber says he narrowly avoided being caught up in the New Orleans truck attack after leaving a party minutes before.
Germán Garmendia was celebrating the New Year with dozens of others on a street in the early hours of Wednesday (1 Jan).
The 34-year-old had arrived at the party at around 10pm, and decided to leave at 3am.
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Just 15 minutes later, at 3.15am, a man in a vehicle began to drive into the crowd who remained at the party.
At least 15 people have been killed, and 30 more were injured with some in hospital, as reported by Need To Know.
Federal investigators have identified the driver as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old former soldier.
He was shot down by authorities at the scene in New Orleans, Louisiana, US.
Germán, who is the president of the sports club, Real Titán FC, took to his Instagram story to share his experience with his 17 million followers.
One of his followers had sent him a message asking him if he was okay after he shared that he was attending the party.
In a video, Germán, who is from Copiapó, Chile, said: “At 3.15 in the morning a person with a vehicle, in the middle of the street, began to drive with the aim of running over people.”
“He managed to kill many people and many more are hospitalised.
“I remember that at 2.55, my friends, who I was with, said they were already tired and I thought about staying.
“I saw the time on my cell phone and it was 3 o’clock so I said it’s a good time to rest and we’ll go back.”
Germán has not since said anything more about the party with himself and his friends brushing close to the attack.
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