‘It missed us by inches’: Witnesses describe car driving into crowds at Liverpool FC parade
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Children among injured as car hits Liverpool FC parade crowd
Four children among dozens injured after a car was driven into a crowd of pedestrians who had watched Liverpool FC’s open-top bus Premier League trophy parade. One child and three adults had to be freed from under the vehicle by fire crews.
The people carrier struck a dense crowd on Water Street in the city centre at shortly before 18:00 BST – an attack not being treated as a terrorist incident by police.
Merseyside Police said a 53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area, believed to have been the driver, was detained at the scene and added it is not looking for anyone else.
One child and three adults had to be freed from under the vehicle by fire crews, and of 27 people taken to hospital, one child and one adult suffered “serious injuries”.
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It happened about 12:40 BST on Monday, on Dorking Road, and also involved a car.
The victim is a man in his twenties and police are appealing for witnesses, especially anyone with CCTV, dashcam or helmet camera footage, to come forward.
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What we know about the Liverpool FC parade incident
A 53-year-old man has been arrested after a car hit a number of pedestrians in Liverpool city centre during the Premier League victory parade. Eyewitnesses and videos shared on social media have shown the vehicle driving through a crowd as people scatter. The incident is not being treated as terror-related and is believed to be isolated, police said. The ambulance service said 27 people had been taken to hospital for treatment, with two, including one child, seriously injured. Another 20 people were treated for injuries at the scene. Four children were among the injured.
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A 53-year-old man has been arrested after a car hit a number of pedestrians in Liverpool city centre during the Premier League victory parade. Eyewitnesses and videos shared on social media have shown the vehicle driving through a crowd as people scatter. Details are still emerging but here is what we know so far.
What happened?
A car collided with a number of pedestrians on Water Street just after 18:00, Merseyside Police said. In a statement the force said: “We were contacted at just after 18:00 today, Monday 26 May, following reports a car had been in collision with a number of pedestrians on Water Street. “The car stopped at the scene and a male has been detained.” Police later said a 53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area had been arrested and that he was believed to be the driver. The incident is not being treated as terror-related and is believed to be isolated, police said. The ambulance service said 27 people had been taken to hospital for treatment, with two, including one child, seriously injured. Another 20 people were treated for injuries at the scene. Four children were among the injured. Four people including a child were lifted from beneath the car, Merseyside chief fire Nick Searle said.
What did witnesses see?
Video from the scene shows the car ploughing into the a group of people then speeding up before coming to a halt. Other footage shows people striking the car after it stopped, with the back windscreen shattered. Pictures from the aftermath show numerous emergency service vehicles One eyewitness, BBC reporter Matt Cole, described seeing a car coming through the crowd that “just wasn’t stopping”. He said it was being chased by a group of men “who were trying to bang on the side of it and throw things at it”. He estimated the car was travelling at “more than 20 [mph]”. He said his initial assumption was that the driver just wanted to “barge through crowds because they didn’t want to wait”. Another witness, Matthew O’Carroll, 28, from Runcorn, saw the car approaching the top of Water Street. He said the vehicle had been going at a “decent” speed and that the driver had been beeping as he went through the crowd.
Where did it happen?
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Water Street is near the Strand, where moments before the incident occurred Liverpool FC paraded the Premier League trophy from the top of a bus. Thousands of people had come out to celebrate the team’s victory and the incident occurred about a mile before the parade’s finishing point.
What has been said?
‘It missed us by inches’: Witnesses describe car driving into crowds at Liverpool FC parade
‘It missed us by inches’: Witnesses describe car driving into crowd at Liverpool FC parade. Dozens were injured, two of them seriously, with 27 treated in hospital. Merseyside Police said a number of pedestrians were hit by the vehicle. A 53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area was arrested, police said, adding that he is believed to have been the driver. The incident took place on Water Street, Liverpool, just after 18:00 BST on Saturday. The car was being chased by a group of men who were trying to bang on the side of it and throw things at it, an eyewitness said.
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Witnesses have described the “horrendous” moment a car “rammed” into a crowd of people who were attending Liverpool FC’s victory parade following their Premier League win. Merseyside Police said a number of pedestrians were hit by the vehicle in Water Street, Liverpool just after 18:00 BST. Dozens were injured, two of them seriously, with 27 treated in hospital. A 53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area was arrested, police said, adding that he is believed to have been the driver. Follow live: Man, 53, arrested after car hits pedestrians at Liverpool FC parade
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One eyewitness, BBC reporter Matt Cole, said the car missed him and his family “by literally inches”. “We had just moments before watched fireworks going off, the celebrations of the Liverpool bus passing us on the Strand,” he said. He said an ambulance had just made its way through the “dense” crowd he was part of on Water Street, when “there were screams ahead of us and suddenly this dark blue car just came through the crowd”. “It just wasn’t stopping – I managed to grab my daughter who was with me and jump out of the way. “It missed myself and my family by literally inches.” He said the ambulance acted like a “natural barrier… that slowed the car down”, but that it had “no intention – it appeared – of stopping”. He added that the car looked to be travelling at “more than 20 [mph]”, but that he could not be sure it was not 30mph. “As it passed me, it was being chased by a group of men who were trying to bang on the side of it and throw things at it,” he explained, adding that the rear windshield had been “completely smashed in”. Having moved to safety down a side street, he saw police “running from all over, ambulances, police vans… more and more ambulances, more and more police vans – at one point then an entire squad of armed police cars stopped and people jumped out with rifles and again big medical packs on and began running towards the scene of the incident.” He said his initial assumption was that the driver just wanted to “barge through crowds because they didn’t want to wait”. “But suddenly then, the speed registered and the shouts of the people and the screams of the people registered, and at that point, yeah, adrenaline very much just kicks in”.
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Man dies after falling down stairs at Seventh Heaven in Glasgow
Emergency services were called to Seventh Heaven on Hope Street at about 00:25. The man, aged 56, died at the scene. Police Scotland said there were not believed to be any suspicious circumstances.
Emergency services were called to Seventh Heaven on Hope Street at about 00:25 on Saturday.
The man, aged 56, died at the scene.
Police Scotland said there were not believed to be any suspicious circumstances.