A car struck football fans to celebrate Liverpool’s Premier League title victory on Monday, injuring several people, according to police, who claimed a 53-year-old man had been detained.
After witnesses reported seeing people swerving through the large crowds of people, an AFP journalist in Liverpool reported seeing at least four people taken away on stretchers.
How many people had been hurt wasn’t immediately known. However, tens of thousands of people showed up in torrential rain for the triumphant celebrations, which included fireworks and players traveling on an open-topped bus.
Just before the team’s bus struck the crowd, witnesses reported to the media.
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Harry Rashid, 48, a resident of Solihull, close to Birmingham, central England, who was present with his wife and two young daughters, said, “It was very fast.
He told reporters that “we just initially heard the pop, pop, pop of people just being knocked off the car’s bonnet.”
You could hear his bumps as he passed over the people, he said.
Before police arrived, other witnesses reported hearing screams and seeing a irate crowd surrounded the vehicle.
Merseyside Police called for restraint and identified the arrested man as a “53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area.”
A spokesperson urged the public not to speculate on the circumstances of the collision, adding that “important inquiries are still being conducted to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the collision.”
The injured were treated on the street while cordons were put in place, and ambulances and a fire engine were also present.
‘Appalling’
North West Ambulance Service’s crews, according to North West Ambulance Service, were working with other emergency services to “evaluate the situation.”
A statement read, “Our top priority is to ensure people get the medical care they need as quickly as possible.”
The scenes in Liverpool were described as “appalling,” according to Premier Keir Starmer. He wrote on X that “my thoughts are with all those who are hurt or impacted.”
He continued, “I want to thank the police and the emergency services for their quick and consistent response to this shocking incident.”
I want to give the police the space they need to investigate and keep up with developments.
On a national holiday day, hundreds of thousands of supporters poured into Liverpool to celebrate the Premier League title with Arne Slot’s successful squad.
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On the bus’s top deck, Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah, two of the stars, led the festivities.
As the players travelled a 10-mile (16-kilometer) route in four hours, the air was filled with red smoke from flares.
With only four games left, Slot’s men wrapped up the Premier League, earning a record-equalling 20th English top-flight title.
However, the trophy was only presented following Crystal Palace’s final game on Sunday.
Despite its long history, Liverpool’s fan base had been anticipating a league title for 35 years.
There was no parade because of coronavirus restrictions when Jurgen Klopp’s side ended a 30-year drought without winning the league in 2020.
Tragic events have impacted Liverpool’s football history.
In a crush at a game at the Sheffield Hillsborough stadium in 1989, 97 Liverpool fans died.
The worst sporting disaster in British history, which still afflicts the port city, also left more than 760 people dead.
When a wall collapsed at the Brussels Heysel Stadium in 1985, killing 39 mostly Italian fans, was the result of clashes between Liverpool and Juventus supporters.
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