Steve Rotheram offered an update on the situation on Tuesday morning (Image: BBC BREAKFAST)
Steve Rotheram, mayor of the Liverpool City Region, has revealed that four people are 'very, very ill' in hospital after a car drove into a crowd of fans shortly after the conclusion of Monday's title parade. Almost 50 people were injured in the incident, which took place on Water Street in the city centre. Four children were among the 47 injured with 27 people being taken to hospital.
Rotheram appeared on [BBC](https://www.express.co.uk/latest/bbc) Breakfast on Tuesday morning to provide an update on the situation. He said there were 'still four people who are very, very ill in hospital'. It was previously reported that two people, one adult and one child, had been left seriously injured.
Asked if that represented an increase in the number of seriously injured people, Rotheram replied: "No, not directly, but of course we're in liaison with the police and with the ambulance services.
"Last night they had two gold command meetings. One was really late in the evening, so this morning I'll get some updates."
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