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Liverpool Victory Parade Car Ramming: Eyewitnesses described screams and the sickening sound of bodies being hit as the vehicle surged through the jubilant throng.
Liverpool Victory Parade Car Ramming: Approximately a million people had taken to the streets of Liverpool for the victory parade. (Image Credit: Associated Press)
Liverpool Victory Parade Car Ramming: A celebratory atmosphere in Liverpool turned to terror as a car ploughed into a massive crowd gathered for the city’s namesake football club’s victory parade. Eyewitnesses described screams and the sickening sound of bodies being hit as the vehicle surged through the jubilant throng, leaving several people injured.
“With the commotion, that was the only reason we looked up, and thankfully, looked up and managed to jump out (of) the way in time,” Chelsea, an eyewitness, told BBC Radio, recalling that the car showed no signs of slowing down.
Another witness, Harry Rashid, who was at the parade with his wife and two daughters, recounted to Associated Press, “It was extremely fast…Initially, we just heard the pop, pop, pop of people just being knocked off the bonnet of a car.”
He described the crowd surrounding the minivan and smashing its windows before the driver allegedly accelerated again. “But then he put his foot down again and just ploughed through the rest of them, he just kept going…It was horrible. And you could hear the bumps as he was going over the people…My daughter started screaming, and there were people on the ground,” Harry Rashid added.
Peter Jones, another witness, also described hearing the car smash into the crowd and later seeing people being treated by the roadside. “We heard a frantic beeping ahead, a car flew past me and my mate, people were chasing it and trying to stop it, windows smashed at the back…He then drove into people, police and medics ran past us, and people were being treated on the side of the road,” Peter Jones was quoted by Associated Press.
Liverpool FC Parade Car Crash
Approximately a million people had taken to the streets of Liverpool for the victory parade. A 53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area, driving a minivan, was later arrested by the police. Authorities believe he acted alone and are not treating the incident as terrorism.
Around twenty people received treatment at the scene, and 27 individuals were hospitalized, including four children, according to Reuters, citing ambulance officials. Two of the injured, an adult and a child, are in critical condition.
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London, United Kingdom (UK)
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