LIVERPOOL fans who lined the streets to celebrate the club’s Premier League triumph have spoken out after a car ploughed into a crowd.
A 53-year-old white British man from Liverpool was arrested at the scene on Water Street just after 6pm and is thought to have been the driver of the car, police said.
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Some 27 injured people were rushed to hospital – two with serious injuries – and 20 were treated at the scene, with more patients self-presenting later on, the North West Ambulance Service said.
A survivor of the Manchester Arena bombing was one of those knocked to the floor by the car.
Frankie, 24, told the Mail: “I was at the Manchester Arena incident. I don’t want to go out again.
They continued: “The side of the car went into me and I fell to the floor. It’s all a blur.
“I’ve got cuts and bruises and I’ll be fine but there’s loads who have got more severe injuries.”
Meanwhile, supporter Harry Rashid, 48, was a stone’s throw away from the swerving vehicle during the terrifying scene.
“It happened about 10 feet away from us,” he said.
“We were just in a crowd and we had no control over where we would be, because it was a very narrow street.
“The vehicle came to our right. It emerged from just right next to an ambulance, which was parked up.
“This grey people carrier just pulled up from the right and just rammed into all the people at the side of us.
“It was travelling south, down Water Street, straight towards this strand, which is where the docks are.
“It was extremely fast. Initially, we just heard the pop, pop, pop of people just being knocked off the bonnet of a car.”
Merseyside Police are leading the investigation and were initially supported by counter-terrorism police.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said: “The scenes in Liverpool are appalling — my thoughts are with all those injured or affected.”
He later praised the “remarkable bravery” shown by the emergency services in Liverpool and added: “Everyone, especially children, should be able to celebrate their heroes without this horror.”
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper described the scenes as “truly shocking” and thanked the emergency services for their “swift response”.
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