‘The joy turned into a panic’: a car flew into a mass and injured 47 people on a parade in Liverpool
Euphoria and celebration in one second replaced fear and panic. Tens of thousands of Liverpool fans celebrated the new title of their club on a parade on Monday afternoon, when a man in a car rammed into a assembled mass and injured as many as 47 people …. « » It was like time stopped. At one point, everyone sang and laughed, and then the chaos came into being. People were screaming, the kids cried, no one knew what was going on, « one witness told the British media …
The driver who crashed into the people in Liverpool was arrested at the scene of the accident, 27 people were hospitalized, four people are in serious condition … The police say the incident is not treated as a terrorist attack and that they do not seek anyone else related to him.
– We ask citizens not to speculate on the circumstances of the incident at Water Street at the Liverpool center. We can confirm that the arrested man is a 53 -year -old white man of British origin in the Liverpool area – they briefly announced from police.
The witnesses remained in shock, they came to the celebration, followed by horror …
– Chaos arose, people started crying, there were a lot of children, ”one witness of the accident for the British media said.
The emergency rooms had to respond, more people were stuck under the vehicle …
– The first man he hit was thrown six meters into the air. I have never seen something like that – said the second witness of this terrible incident.
Witnesses say the driver stopped at one point, but then he pressed the throttle again and simply made his way through the mass … Part of the British media speculates that the driver was under the influence of alcohol.
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