According to the region’s mayor, four people were “very, very ill in hospital” on Tuesday after dozens of people were hurt the night before when a car struck a crowd at Liverpool’s Premier League title parade.
Police said they were not treating the incident as terrorism, but a 53-year-old white British man was reportedly the car’s driver on Monday.
Steve Rotheram, the mayor of the Liverpool City region, stated to BBC Radio that “we are hoping that they will prevail.”
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Images of the terrible incident appeared in the morning newspapers.
What ought to have been a jubilant night for the Reds, who were celebrating their 20th English league title, was summed up by headlines like “Horror at Liverpool parade” in The Sun daily and “Carnage at parade” in The Daily Mail.
A dark-colored vehicle swerved through the dense crowds and struck people in its path just as the players’ open-topped bus passed nearby.
Twenty-seven football fans were taken to the hospital, according to emergency personnel in a press conference late in the evening, two of whom had suffered serious injuries.
One seriously hurt one of the four children who were hurt.
‘Horrible’
According to Merseyside Police Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims, “We think this is an isolated incident, and we are not currently looking for anyone else in relation to it.”
She continued, “The incident is not being treated as terrorism.”
In torrential rain, hundreds of thousands of people showed up for the victory parade in the northwest of England.
Just moments before the team’s bus struck the crowd on Water Street, according to witnesses, the bus had already passed nearby.
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.
Remarkable bravery
In a large, blue tent that had been set up on the street, twenty more people received treatment for their injuries at the scene.
According to Nick Searle, chief fire officer for Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, four people were trapped beneath the vehicle and had to be taken out.
The “remarkable bravery shown by the police and other emergency services” was commended by Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
In a statement, he stated that “the entire country stands with Liverpool and that they are supporting and caring for those injured in these terrible events.”
As police attempted to stop the car, angry fans stormed the back windows and sprayed the vehicle’s interior with blood.
Before the Premier League title, Liverpool’s supporters had already been a sea of red as they crowded the city’s streets to celebrate with Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk, manager Arne Slot.
“Difficult day”
Liverpool FC stated on X that they were working with Merseyside police, adding that “Our thoughts and prayers are with those who have been affected by this serious incident.”
Liverpool’s rivals on the Merseyside, Everton, added that the club’s “thoughts are with all those who have been affected by this serious incident in our city.”
Tragic events have ruined 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.
