Rest. Finally, after going at high speed down the road. Going onto the pavement. This is the street, you can see from those pictures how narrow and busy it is. These are the immediate moments after the van went down the street. A short while ago, a witness said that the van went past him and instantly, he knew from its speed, that there was something wrong. He heard banging as it rode onto the pavement and it hits stores. These are pictures from inside of shops as people ran for Safety A Nd Inside Of Shops as people ran for safety and were ushered away. Hundreds of people were there in the street. It was very busy at the time, lots of reports saying that the streets were thronged with people. You can see in those pictures people running outside as people try to rush away from where the van had hit people. Dozens of people are reported to have been hit by the van. Police are now saying that 15 people have now died but there are reports of 20 25 injured, also, by the van. Tom wheeler liv
Seriously tonight. A short time ago, the u. S. Central command, the coalition, announced it is opening a formal assessment into whether on march 17th, in west mosul, it may have dropped bombs that killed a significant large number, perhaps, perhaps hundreds of civilians. So issue right now, nobody knows exactly what happened. All of this began to emerge over the last couple of days as Social Media Activists in the area began to report large numbers of Civilian Casualties due to bombings in west mosul where there is very tough fighting against isis. The picture has been pretty murky because theres so many conflicting reports, and the u. S. Doesnt have anybody on the ground there that can put eyeballs on the situation and really verify it. But the pentagon, the coalition today, a short time ago, said that theyve been able to
determine that, yes, they did conduct the air strikes in one of these areas where the allegations have emerged from on march 17th. Iraqi officials on the ground are
eastern portion of mosul from isis, iraqi forces who are backed by the u.s. and u.s. air power have been pushing into the western part of the city. now, this is very complex. it s a very complex urban environment. this is the old part of the city. known for its narrow and densely populated street which really has raised the concern about civilian casualties and the concerns that isis might use civilians as human shields there. so with at least two investigations by the u.s. and the iraqis into this western mosul air strike, we ll have to wait and see what the investigation reveal, ana, but at this point, based on what local officials are saying, it would seem that many, as possibly as 200 civilian lives may have been lost. tough to see these pictures, too. jomana, thank you very much. with me now, cnn military