A victory parade celebrating Liverpool FC’s Premier League win turned into a scene of horror after a car ploughed into a crowd in the city centre.
Thousands of football fans had spent the day gathering in Liverpool, where celebrations for the champions were marked with an open-top bus parade along a 10-mile route.
But just after 6pm, chaos and terror broke out as a car collided with people lining the streets.
Dozens of people, including four children, have been injured. One man has been arrested.
Here The i Paper takes a look at what we know so far.
Just after 6pm, as the parade was ending, police received reports that a car had collided with crowds on Water Street.
According to eyewitnesses, it happened around 10 minutes after the bus carrying the football team had passed through.
Water Street was about a mile away from the parade’s endpoint (PA Graphics)Some who made narrow escapes have described the terrifying moment the car came towards them.
Mike Maddra told the PA news agency the “car turned left, mounted pavement, come towards us and runs towards the buildings”.
Chelsea Yuen told Sky News she and her friends how they were caught up in the chaos.
“We were literally like sardines walking up the street, and then we heard beeping and screaming and when we looked up, there was a black, people carrier, driving straight towards us,” she said.
Police officers surrounded the car as witnesses attempted to stop the driver.
A 53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area, believed to be the driver of the vehicle, was arrested.
Around 20 people were treated at the scene, the ambulance service said (Photo by Darren Staples / AFP)How many people have been injured?
Forty-seven people have been reported injured in the collision, with 20 treated at the scene and 27 taken to hospital. Four children are among the injured.
Two of those requiring hospital treatment have suffered serious injuries, including one child.
Some patients had also taken themselves to local hospitals, North West Ambulance Service said.
The fire service said they rescued four people trapped under the car, including a child.
A local Italian restaurant – Riva – was used as a makeshift triage centre, the Liverpool Echo reported.
“People inside Riva are being treated by paramedics. Some have bandages around their heads and limbs,” Paddy Edrich, a journalist for the paper, said in a post on X.
“Staff in the restaurant appear to be providing fluids to those being treated and the emergency services.”
One man who was struck by the vehicle and hospitalised told the BBC he was in “absolute agony”.
Afterwards, there was a heavy emergency services presence afterwards in the littered street, with police cars, ambulances and fire engines all at the scene.
Emergency services maintained a heavy presence afterwards in the littered street (Photo: Paul ELLIS / AFP)At a press conference late on Monday night, Merseyside Police Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims said the “horrific incident” was not being treated as terrorism.
“What I can tell you is that we believe this to be an isolated incident and we are not currently looking for anyone else in relation to it,” she said.
She also urged the public to share any relevant information with Merseyside police, and to refrain from circulating distressing footage on social media.
Police have cordoned off Water Street, where a large blue tent was erected near other emergency vehicles.
Details of the man detained by officers were released quickly by the force.
Dal Babu, a former chief superintendent in London’s Metropolitan Police, told the BBC that was an effort to cool social media speculation over the incident.
Police cordoned off the street and a large blue tent was erected near where the collision took place (Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire)How have leaders responded?
Sir Keir Starmer said he had spoken to Steve Rotheram, the Mayor of Liverpool about the incident, adding: “Liverpool stands together and the whole country stands with Liverpool.”
“The scenes in Liverpool are appalling — my thoughts are with all those injured or affected,” he said in a statement.
He praised first responders for their “remarkable bravery” and said police and emergency workers were “supporting and caring for those injured in these terrible events”.
“Everyone, especially children, should be able to celebrate their heroes without this horror.”
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper thanked police and called the incident “truly shocking and horrendous”.
“Thinking of all those affected at this very difficult time. The police are investigating and I’m being kept updated on developments.”
Ian Byrne, MP for Liverpool West Derby, said he was “absolutely heartbroken by the scenes in town, after what should have been the best of days.
“My love and thoughts are with all affected.”
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