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Eyewitness talks about moment lorry ploughed through Christmas market

Emma Rushton from Warwickshire was sitting in the market with a friend when the tragedy happened.

Describing the moment she saw the vehicle Emma said "it was going through at around 40 mph".

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Witness: 'It was going at 40mph, it wasn't an accident'

A woman has told ITV News about the moment she witnessed a lorry plough through a Christmas market in Berlin.

Emma Rushton from Warwickshire was sitting in the market with a friend when the tragedy happened.

Describing the moment she saw the vehicle Emma said "it was going through at around 40 mph".

When asked if she believed it looked like it could have been an accident Emma said there was no way it could have "just veered off" the road.

"It wasn't an accident, there is no way it could have been there just by veering off the roads and it showed no signs of slowing down at all", she said.

Emma said after the lorry had driven through the market they saw people "holding their heads, there were pools of blood on the floor and there were people in the recovery position".

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