Video PUBLISHED: 21:01 11 July 2018 Andrew Hirst and Amy Gibbons Andrew and Becky Powles, pictured in Berlin, were caught up in a stampede in Nice. Picture: POWLES FAMILY Powles family A Norwich City fan and his wife have spoken of how they were caught up in a “terrifying” stampede which broke out in Nice amid France’s semi-final win in the World Cup. Andrew Powles, 26, and his wife Becky, 32, from Bury St Edmunds, were watching the game on the outskirts of the old town square when crowds panicked after revellers let off firecrackers. The couple flew out to Nice last Wednesday for a week’s relaxing holiday and did not even intend to watch the semi-final tie between France and Belgium when they became caught up in the action. Mr Powles, a lecturer at West Suffolk College and firm Norwich City fan, said: “Hundreds of people started stampeding towards us pushing over tables and breaking glasses. “It was a pretty scary experience,” he added. “We were just watching through the window of a bar. As we stood there with a minute left all of a sudden everyone was piling towards us – we could hear the glass flying. “As I ran I tripped over a bollard and fell on the floor. People were sort of climbing on the top of each other – I remember looking up and there was on other guy who did push over the top of me. “I have never felt like it before. I… [Read full story]
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