NEW YORK - New York City's mayor says a truck attack in lower Manhattan killed eight people and was a ''cowardly'' act of terror.
Mayor Bill de Blasio says the attack on a bike path near the World Trade Center ''was an act of terror, and a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians.''
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called it a ''lone wolf'' attack. He says there's no evidence to suggest it was part of a wider plot.
Witnesses have described a chaotic scene of a white pickup truck hitting bicyclists on a path near the World Trade Center and then slamming into a school bus. They say the driver got out of his vehicle brandishing what appeared to be a gun in each hand.
Manhattan restaurant chef Eugene Duffy was crossing a street when he heard something, turned back and saw the pickup truck on the bike path. He says he saw the bodies of two men on the ground, their bikes mangled.
He says he ran south and saw a yellow half-size school bus that appeared to have been T-boned and firefighters trying to get children out.
A law enforcement official says at least six people were killed and at least nine people were injured when a rented van struck them. The case is being investigated as possible terrorism.