Crowds collect close to Liverpool Waterfront earlier than the Premier League winners parade in Liverpool, England, Monday, Might 26, 2025. (Owen Humphreys/PA through AP)
4 folks have been “very, very ailing in hospital” on Tuesday after dozens have been injured the earlier night time when a automobile rammed right into a crowd at Liverpool’s Premier League title parade, the area’s mayor mentioned.
A 53-year-old white British man, who was believed to be the motive force of the automobile, was arrested on Monday, though police mentioned they weren’t treating the incident as terrorism.
“We hope in fact that they pull by way of,” Steve Rotheram, mayor of the Liverpool Metropolis area, instructed BBC radio concerning the 4 folks.
The morning newspapers have been splashed with pictures of the horrible incident.
Headlines resembling “Horror at Liverpool parade” in The Solar day by day and “Carnage at parade” within the Every day Mail summed up what ought to have been a jubilant night time for the Reds, who have been celebrating a record-equalling twentieth English league title.
Minutes after the gamers’ open-topped bus handed close by, a dark-coloured automobile swerved by way of the large crowds hitting folks in its path.
In a late night time press convention, emergency staff mentioned that 27 soccer followers have been taken to hospital, together with two who have been severely injured.
4 kids have been amongst these damage, together with one severely.
‘Horrible’
Police and emergency personnel take care of an incident on Water Road close to the Liver Constructing in Liverpool after a automobile collided with pedestrians in the course of the Premier League winners parade, in Liverpool, England, Monday Might 26, 2025. (Owen Humphreys/PA through AP)
“We imagine this to be an remoted incident, and we’re not at present on the lookout for anybody else in relation to it,” Merseyside Police Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims instructed reporters.
“The incident is just not being handled as terrorism,” she added.
Tons of of hundreds of individuals had turned out in torrential rain to see the northwest English facet’s victory parade.
The bus carrying the group had handed close by simply minutes earlier than the automobile bumped into the gang on Water Road, witnesses mentioned.
“It was extraordinarily quick,” mentioned Harry Rashid, 48, from Solihull, close to Birmingham, central England, who was on the parade along with his spouse and two younger daughters.
“Initially we simply heard the pop, pop, pop of individuals simply being knocked off the bonnet of the automobile,” he instructed reporters.
“It was horrible and you would hear the bumps as he was going over the folks.”
‘Outstanding bravery’
Scooters lie on the location the place a 53-year-old British man plowed a minivan right into a crowd of Liverpool soccer followers who have been celebrating town’s Premier League championship Monday, injuring greater than 45 folks in Liverpool, England, Tuesday, Might 27, 2025.(AP Photograph/Jon Tremendous)
Twenty different folks have been handled on the scene for his or her accidents, in a big blue tent arrange on the road.
4 folks, together with a baby, have been trapped underneath the automobile and needed to be eliminated, mentioned Nick Searle, Merseyside Hearth and Rescue Service chief fireplace officer.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer recommended the “exceptional bravery proven by the police and different emergency providers”.
“They’re supporting and caring for these injured in these horrible occasions,” he mentioned in a press release, including that “the entire nation stands with Liverpool”.
Pictures shared on social media confirmed the automobile being dropped at a halt and swarmed by offended followers, who broke the again home windows as police sought to carry them again.
Liverpool had earlier been a sea of crimson as supporters packed town’s streets to have fun successful the Premier League title with supervisor Arne Slot and star gamers together with Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk.
‘Tough day’
We’re in direct contact with Merseyside Police concerning the incident on Water Road which occurred in direction of the top of the trophy parade earlier this night.
Our ideas and prayers are with those that have been affected by this severe incident.
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— Liverpool FC (@LFC) Might 26, 2025
Liverpool FC mentioned on X that they have been working with Merseyside police, including: “Our ideas and prayers are with those that have been affected by this severe incident”.
Everton, Liverpool’s Merseyside rivals, additionally mentioned the membership’s “ideas are with all those that have been affected by this severe incident in our metropolis”.
Liverpool’s soccer historical past has been shadowed by tragedy.
In 1989, 97 Liverpool followers died in a crush at a sport within the Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield.
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Greater than 760 folks have been additionally injured within the deadliest catastrophe in British sporting historical past, which nonetheless scars the port metropolis.
In 1985, 39 primarily Italian followers have been killed when a wall collapsed amidst disturbances between Liverpool and Juventus followers on the Heysel Stadium in Brussels.
