British police were holding a 53-year-old man on Tuesday over a collision that turned a joyous soccer celebration in Liverpool to tragedy and sent more than two dozen people to hospitals, four of them in very serious condition. (Pics/PTI)
Updated On: 2025-05-27 03:08 PM IST
Compiled by : ronak mastakar
Merseyside Police said they are not treating the incident as terrorism and are not looking for other suspects. The force has not identified the arrested driver. Police in Britain usually do not name suspects until they are charged
Detectives were working to piece together how a minivan plowed into crowds packing a narrow street, just after the players of Liverpool Football Club had celebrated the Premier League championship with an open-topped bus parade
Water Street, near the River Mersey in the heart of the city, was cordoned off by police tape, and a blue tent had been erected on the road strewn with the detritus of celebration, including bottles, cans and Liverpool flags
Liverpool City Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram said four of the injured were "very, very ill in hospital"
The North West Ambulance Service said a total of 47 people were injured, of whom 27 were taken to local hospitals, while 20 were treated at the scene of the crash for minor injuries. There were no reported deaths
Four of the injured are children, said ambulance service spokesman Dave Kitchin
Four of the victims, including a child, were trapped under the van and firefighters had to lift the vehicle to free them
