Closing summary
This blog is coming to a close. Here’s a roundup of this evening’s events:
Forty-seven people were injured, including two critically, when a car ploughed into fans at Liverpool FC’s Premier League victory parade.
Four children were among those hurt, including one child with serious injuries.
The incident is not being treated as terror-related, authorities said.
A 53-year-old white British man, who is believed to be the driver of the car, has been arrested. Police said they were not currently looking for anyone else in relation to the incident.
Fire crews said they removed three adults and a child who were trapped under a vehicle.
Twenty-seven people were taken to hospital and 20 treated at the scene, the North West ambulance service said.
Prime minister Keir Starmer said the scenes were appalling and thanked police and emergency services for their “swift and ongoing response to this shocking incident”.
Home secretary Yvette Cooper called the incident “shocking and horrendous”.
Liam Robinson, leader of Liverpool city council, said the incident “has cast a very dark shadow of what had been a joyous day for the city and the finale to a fabulous bank holiday weekend”.
Liverpool FC said it was in contact with police and “our thoughts and prayers are with those” affected.
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More from witnesses here: people packed on to the street to watch the Liverpool FC parade were only alerted to the danger by screams from the crowd, one said.
The woman, who gave her name as Chelsea, told BBC Radio that enabled some people to jump out of the way as the driver showed no sign of slowing.
“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,” she said.
Reuters also reports another witness as saying before the incident that there was disorder in the city centre where the parade was due to pass, with overcrowding and spectators confused by a lack of signage about street closures or where they should go.
Liverpool last won the trophy during the Covid pandemic when celebrations were not permitted due to lockdowns.
Politicians in Britain and in Ireland, where the club is popular, thanked emergency services. “My thoughts are with all those injured or affected,” Keir Starmer, the prime minister, said on X, calling the scenes appalling and saying he was being updated.
Liverpool FC said on X it was in direct contact with police:
Our thoughts and prayers are with those who have been affected by this serious incident.
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