Liverpool’s Day of Joy turned chaos in Liverpool on Monday, when the car was deliberately driven by a crowd, celebrating the city’s Premier League title victory, causing at least 27 people to be injured.
Merseyside police arrested a 53-year-old local man in connection with the incident and confirmed that it was not being treated as a terrorist act.
“We believe this is an isolated incident and are not currently looking for anyone else in connection with it,” Prime Minister Jenny Sims, Merseyside Police Advisor, said at a news conference.
“The incident is not treated as a terrorist attack,” she added.
The crash took place around 6pm local time near Water Street, shortly after Liverpool’s open-top victory bus passed through the area.
AFP journalists at the scene reported that several victims were being taken away by stretchers, but the full extent of the injury remains unknown.
“It was very fast,” said Harry Rashid, 48, who was in the parade with his wife and daughter.
“Initially, we just heard pop, pop, pop, pop from people being knocked out of the hood of the car. It was horrifying and we could hear the bumps he was watching people.”
Another witness, Mike Madra, said, “The car turned left, installed the pavement, came towards us and ran towards the building. We were walking down the road and speeding up.”