London (AP)-53 British man brought a minibus into a crowd of Liverpool football fans who celebrated the City Premier League Championship on Monday, injuring more than 45 people as the shouts of joy turned into terrorist bustle.
The arrested driver is believed to have been the only participation and the disaster was not investigated as an act of terrorism, police said.
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Ambulances took 27 people to the hospital, including two with serious injuries, and another 20 people were treated at the scene for minor injuries, said Dave Kitchin from the Northwest Ambulance Service. At least four children were injured.
Four victims, including the child, were trapped under a minibus, and firefighters had to lift the vehicle to release them. The paramedic on the bicycle was also struck but was not injured.
“It’s a very dark shadow for what was a joyful day for the city,” Liam Robinson, head of the city council, said at a late night press conference.
When the parade was wrapped, the gray minibus turned to the parade road and entered the fan of fans wrapped in his red Liverpool scarves, sweaters and other commemorative gifts. The video on social media showed that the minibus struck a man by throwing it into the air before he began to the bigger crowd, where he went through the group and pushed his bodies down the street before stopping.
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“It was extremely fast,” said Harry Rashid, who was with his wife and two young daughters when the minibus passed. “At first we just heard pop, pop, pop, pop people just dropped the car’s bonnet.”
Rashid said the crowd charged the suspended vehicle and began to break the windows.
“But then he lowered his leg again and just prepared through the rest, he just walked,” Rashid said. “It was horrible. And you could hear the bumps when he went through the people.”
Rashid said it looked conscious.
“My daughter started screaming and there were people on Earth,” he said. “They were just innocent people, just fans to enjoy the parade.”
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Liverpool fans have appeared over hundreds of thousands to celebrate a team that won the premier League this season for a record 20 top title.
Peter Jones, who traveled from the art island, said he heard the car crushed the crowd and saw at least half a dozen people.
“We heard a frantic beep forward. The car flew past me and my friend, people were chasing him and trying to stop him, the windows crushed at the back,” Jones said. “Then he drove to the people, the police and the doctors ran through us, and people were treated on the side of the road.”
Police said they were carrying out detailed questions to determine what led to the collision and asked people not to be able to and not share “distressing content on the Internet.”
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Police found the suspect as white, making a decision to prevent misinformation in the event of a social media.
Last summer, a teenager killed three girls in the dance class in the nearby Southport city in the dance class and injured 10 more, including two adults. The wrong name of the suspect was distributed in social media and people said he was asylum seeker. In fact, he was born in the UK riots, spread throughout England and Northern Ireland, directing Muslims and refugees in the hotels of asylum seekers and lasted about a week.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the scene as terrible and praised the courage of rescuers.
“Everyone, especially children, should be able to celebrate their hero without this horror,” Starmer said. “The city has a long and proud story when hard times come together. Liverpool stands together and the whole country stands with Liverpul.”
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The legacy of the Liverpool football club is overshadowed by the disaster 36 years ago, when 97 his fans were killed in the stadium crushing during the match against the Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough Stadium Chefild. The police tragedy was complicated by the cause and mistakes.
Sponsors were not given the opportunity to publicly celebrate the final title of the Club League in 2020. For restrictions applied during the Covid-19 pandemic.
This time, flag -wavy fans in humid damp weather to smooth out the streets and climb the traffic lights that feature Liverpool players who were on two buses with the words “Our again”.
The procession for hours-a hard police-bodied 10 miles (16 km) on the road and through the red and rain and rain sea. Fireworks exploded from the royal liver building in the heart of the city.
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In a brief report, the team said its thoughts and prayers were related to the affected. Premier League has issued a similar statement expressing the shock “in the Liverpool of Independent events.”
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The Associated Press writer Jill Lawless in London has contributed to this post.
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This story was corrected to say that the match in Hillsborough was against the Nottingham Forest, though in Sheffield.