Liverpool Victory Parade Turns Tragic as Car Ploughs into Crowd, Injuring Nearly 50

Liverpool Victory Parade: A car ploughed into a crowd of Liverpool fans during a parade celebrating their side's Premier League soccer title on Monday, hospitalising 27 people, with two seriously injured, but police said they did not believe the incident was terrorism-related.

It was meant to be a day of celebration and elation. Residents of Liverpool in the United Kingdom were out in huge numbers, singing the Liverpool football club anthem ‘You’ll never walk alone’ to celebrate their team’s Premier League win.

The Merseyside Police has ruled out terrorism, saying, “We believe this to be an isolated incident, and we are not currently looking for anyone else in relation to it,” adding a 53-year-old white British man has been arrested.

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A 53-year-old white British man believed to be the driver of the vehicle was arrested at the scene of the collision on Water Street in the heart of the city, metres from the Royal Liver Building and the town hall, after roads had been reopened following the main parade.

Footage showed police cordons around the heavily littered road, with a large police presence, ambulances and a fire engine also at the scene.

Les Winsper, 55, who witnessed the incident, said: “People started banging on the [car] windows. Then they smashed the windows and he’s panicked and put his foot down. He then hit someone and that person has gone in the air and he’s ploughed through the rest of them. I’ve never seen anything like it.”

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He added the first victim was thrown “about 20 feet” in the air by the collision.

Winsper’s friend, Craig Steward, 52, said there was “chaos” with “people crying, children crying, shaking”.

He added: “I personally think he’s hit someone by mistake and then he’s put his foot down. It was the worst thing I’ve seen in my life, you see it on TV. That’s why all the kids are crying, because they witnessed it. I’m traumatised.”

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