By Victor Kanayo
Reports from England has revealed that many have been hospitalised with injuries after a car ploughed into a crowd of Liverpool fans during a parade celebrating their side’s Premier League soccer title.
Specifically, 27 people have been directly affected.
Up to 20 people were treated at the scene.
However, ambulance officials said of the 27 taken to hospital, four were children.
“One child and one adult were in a serious condition. Four people trapped under the vehicle had to be released by firefighters,” officials said.
Police Submission
Police said they had arrested a “53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area,” whom they believed to be the driver of the vehicle which struck a large group of supporters who were celebrating in the city in northwest England.
BBC reports that an eyewitness said the collision happened about 10 minutes after the bus carrying the Liverpool team had passed by.
The incident “cast a very dark shadow over what had been a joyous day,” Liverpool City Council leader Liam Robinson said on social media.
In the aftermath, a Reuters photographer saw emergency services carrying victims on stretchers to ambulances and debris scattered on the road.
