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Seven people remain in hospital after a car ploughed though football fans injuring 79 people at a victory parade in Liverpool.
Footage shows a grey Ford Galaxy ramming into fans on Water Street, sending Liverpool Football Club supporters into the air and onto the vehicle’s bonnet.
Four children are amongst the 79 injured, after some fans became trapped under the vehicle’s wheels.
A 53-year-old man from West Derby, Liverpool, who was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, dangerous driving offences and driving while unfit through drugs, remains in police custody.
The suspect is said to have tailgated an ambulance tending to a person who was suffering a heart attack.
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LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - MAY 27: Crime Scene Investigators at the scene of the Liverpool FC parade incident on Water Street on May 27, 2025 in Liverpool, England. Investigation and cleanup continued this morning after a car ploughed into a crowd gathered yesterday for the Liverpool F.C. victory parade, injuring nearly 50 people, including four children. Authorities said the suspect was arrested and they are not treating it as an act of terrorism. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images)
Crime Scene Investigators at the scene of the Liverpool FC parade (Picture: Jan Kruger/Getty Images)
Police and emergency personnel dealing with a road traffic accident on Water Street near the Liver Building in Liverpool after a car collided with pedestrians during the Premier League winners parade. A man has been detained. Picture date: Monday May 26, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story POLICE Liverpool. Photo credit should read: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire
Victims were in ‘agony’ after being hit by the car (Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)
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Radoslav Stamboliev, who filmed the clip, told Metro he thought the driver was ‘coming straight for us deliberately, completely straight faced’ and said there were children ‘everywhere’.
The 27-year-old, who had travelled up from London to watch the game, said he heard accelerating behind him before he jumped out of the way just in time.
He told Metro: ‘I heard this massive engine revving behind me and he started to honk his horn as well.
‘He lunged forward and it felt like he was coming straight for us deliberately, completely straight faced.
Police officers cover with an inflatable tent, behind a firefighter vehicle, the tents delimiting the scene of an incident in Water Street, on the sidelines of an open-top bus victory parade for Liverpool's Premier League title win, in Liverpool, north-west England on May 26, 2025. A car collided with a number of pedestrians in Liverpool, northern England, on May 26 evening during Liverpool FC's Premier League victory parade, police said. Police said they were contacted shortly after 6pm (1700 GMT) 'following reports of a collision between a car and a number of pedestrians' in the city centre. One man has been arrested, according to the police, who did not say whether there were any casualties. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Four children are amongst the 79 injured, after some fans became trapped under the vehicle’s wheels (Picture: Paul Ellis/AFP)
‘Because he made so much noise before coming at us most of us moved out of the way in time.
Detective Superintendent Rachel Wilson said: ‘I’m pleased to say that the number of people in hospital is reducing as they continue to recover from the awful incident.
‘We continue to support those still receiving treatment and as part of our ongoing enquiries we are identifying more people who were injured.
‘I want to reassure the public of Merseyside that detectives are making significant progress as we seek to establish the full circumstances that led to what happened.
‘In addition, extensive CCTV enquiries are being carried out across the city to establish the movements of the car, a Ford Galaxy, before the incident took place.’
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