A CHELMSFORD man in Barcelona during the terror attack that saw a van driven into a group of people has described what he saw.

Connor Sheehan described the scene as the emergency services rushed to the aid of people in the city.

On Thursday afternoon at 4:50pm Spanish time a white van smashed into people on Las Ramblas, a famous boulevard in central Barcelona that runs 1.2km and was packed with tourists.

The van driver is said to have zig-zagged to try and hit as many people as possible along the pedestrianised area, knocking many to the floor and sending others fleeing for cover in shops and cafes.

He killed 13 people and injured more than 100, and managed to flee the scene.

Spanish police have described it as a terror attack.

Mr Sheehan told BBC Essex: “We saw police cars speeding down the road. We didn’t really think much of it to start with but then there were loads and loads more police cars.

“We also saw ambulances going down the road, and then the fire brigade going down the road as well. That’s when we thought something has really happened.

“Then we started to hear the helicopter above us. We were on our way to see the University Gardens in Barcelona. We sat down and I checked twitter to see what was happening and then we saw it. It is awful.”