Car drives into crowd at Liverpool title parade

A antheral has been arrested aft a car collided with pedestrians successful Liverpool metropolis centre during Liverpool Football Club's Premier League triumph parade connected Monday.

Merseyside Police confirmed that the antheral arrested is simply a 53-year-old achromatic British antheral from the Liverpool area. Police person not confirmed whether the antheral arrested was the operator of the car.

Several constabulary cars and ambulances responded to the incidental connected Water Street, portion an aerial ambulance besides arrived astatine the scene.

A video connected societal media showed a car driving astatine velocity into fans lining the street, astatine 1 constituent appearing to swerve distant from the astir densely crowded area.

Police surrounded the conveyance soon afterwards, and different videos showed aggravated fans attempting to scope the driver.

In a written statement, Merseyside Police said: "We are presently dealing with reports of a roadworthy postulation collision successful Liverpool metropolis centre.

"We were contacted astatine conscionable aft 6pm [BST] today, Monday 26 May, pursuing reports a car had been successful a collision with a fig of pedestrians connected Water Street.

"The car stopped astatine the country and a antheral has been detained. Emergency services are presently connected the scene.

"We volition contented much updates arsenic we person them."

No accusation connected the fig of injuries was provided.

In a aboriginal statement, they said: "We would inquire radical not to speculate connected the circumstances surrounding tonight's incidental connected Water Street successful Liverpool metropolis centre. We tin corroborate the antheral arrested is simply a 53-year-old achromatic British antheral from the Liverpool area."

Liverpool issued a written statement, successful which they said: "We are successful nonstop interaction with Merseyside Police regarding the incidental connected Water Street which happened towards the extremity of the trophy parade earlier this evening.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with those who person been affected by this superior incident.

"We volition proceed to connection our afloat enactment to the exigency services and section authorities who are dealing with this incident."

The incidental came arsenic hundreds of thousands of supporters lined the city's streets to observe Liverpool winning the Premier League title.

Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, said successful a connection connected societal media: "The scenes successful Liverpool are appalling -- my thoughts are with each those injured oregon affected.

"I privation to convey the constabulary and exigency services for their swift and ongoing effect to this shocking incident.

"I'm being kept updated connected development," helium added, "and inquire that we springiness the constabulary the abstraction they request to investigate."

The Premier League said successful a connection that "everyone is shocked by the appalling events successful Liverpool this evening, and our heartfelt thoughts spell retired to each those injured and affected. We person been successful interaction with Liverpool FC and person offered our afloat enactment pursuing this superior incident."

Information from Reuters was utilized successful this report.