Eleven people are still in hospital after a car drove through the parade celebrating Liverpool winning the Premier League.
15:50, 27 May 2025Updated 16:02, 27 May 2025
An image of multiple police vehicles, ambulances and fire engines among a crowd of people.
A huge emergency services presence was at the scene yesterday.(Image: PA)
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and drug driving following the Liverpool parade crash.
A 53-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, dangerous driving and driving while unfit through drugs after dozens of people were injured by a car at a parade to celebrate Liverpool winning the Premier League on Monday, May 26, Merseyside Police said.
Eleven people remain in hospital and all are in a stable condition and appear to be recovering well, Merseyside Police Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims told a press conference.
A car which hit crowds of people at Liverpool's victory parade followed an ambulance after a road block was temporarily lifted so paramedics could help a man who suffered a suspected heart attack, Merseyside Police said.
An image of a street taped off by police, with uniformed officers standing guard. The road is covered in debris.
The scene in Water Street on Tuesday.(Image: PA)
Earlier today, we reported that a young woman who witnessed the Liverpool parade crash caught the moment the driver allegedly involved was bundled away by a sea of police officers.
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The horror incident saw a people-carrier squeezing through crowds of football supporters before accelerating and striking multiple people, leaving nearly 50 injured.
Charlie Connolly, 23, was filming from her flat above Water Street to show her boyfriend how vast the crowds were as she feared for his safety.
However, her footage instead captured the man being led away by a ring of steel keeping the swathes of people at bay.
Charlie was still "traumatised" by what she had witnessed as she spoke to our sister title The Mirror. She said: “I was videoing it to show my boyfriend the size of the crowd. It was crazy, I’d never seen that many people before. Ten minutes before it happened I said to him ‘it’s so crowded I’m surprised nothing bad has happened’.
“I realised something was happening when the crowds started running to the sides. It was disgusting, he wasn’t stopping and the only reason it stopped was because the bodies were trapped underneath it.
Forensic officers at the scene in Water Street near the Liver Building in Liverpool
Forensic officers at the scene in Water Street near the Liver Building in Liverpool(Image: PA)
“Two people got him out of the car at the start to stop him reversing and and going further. Then the police got him out and protected him.
“The police were holding the suspect and it took seven minutes for them to get him from the car to the van. He was crunched over being carried by police with his head down. “It darkened the day which should have been full of joy.”
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The parade began south of the city at Allerton Maze, before embarking on a 10-mile route over three-and-a-half hours, which was due to finish with a finale in the city centre.
However, it came to a terrifying halt as the crowds descended into chaos on Water Street following the incident, only a mile before its end point.
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