'Blood curdling screams': Flinders Street victim details attack

One of the survivors of Melbourne's Flinders Street attack has told of her terror of being mowed down by a car days before Christmas.

An aerial photo of the scene.

An aerial photo of the scene. Source: 7 News

A survivor of Melbourne's Flinders Street rampage has told of hearing "blood-curdling" screams from pedestrians mowed down by a vehicle.

Bec Larrigan was one of the 18 people stuck in the December 21 attack, and suffered bleeding on the brain, and a broken leg and elbow.

"I remember hearing people screaming. It was like a blood-curdling scream," Ms Larrigan told the Nine Network's A Current Affair program from hospital on Monday night.

"I was thrashing around a bit in pain. I remember seeing behind me, like, just bodies everywhere and just people over everyone.

"And I remember asking, you know, 'what has happened?'."

Ms Larrigan will have to relearn how to walk and is determined to do so before she weds fiancee Amy.

"She's been by my side the whole time and she'll be here when I take that first step again," she said.

The sole fatality of the attack was 83-year-old Northcote man Antonios (Anton) Crocaris, who died in hospital eight days later.

The alleged driver, 32-year-old Saeed Noori, was initially charged with 18 counts of attempted murder before one was upgraded to murder.

Noori remains in custody and will reappear at the Melbourne Magistrates Court on May 30.


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