A car entered the people who had gathered to celebrate the English Championship by Liverpool FC, Monday, May 26, 2025, in the city of northwestern England. Credit: Phil Bryan / Shutterstock Editorial / Profimedia
A car entered pedestrians in the center of Liverpool, Monday, during the parade organized after winning the Premier League by the most titled local team, The Guardian reports.
The car was stopped on the spot and a man was detained. According to The New York Times, it's a 53 -year -old white man from Liverpool. The American publication also mentioned that hundreds of thousands of people participated in the parade.
Several people were injured in the incident.
Numerous effective police, ambulances and fire cars can be observed in the scene images.
Liverpool FC organized a parade with a convertible bus to celebrate the Premier League triumph, the elite echelon of English football, on a route of about 16 kilometers. The supporters of the club had gathered on the two sides of the street to celebrate the victory with the favorites.
From The Guardian information it appears that the incident took place immediately after the main parade is completed and the road reopen.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and British Internal Affairs, Yvette Cooper, are kept up to date with events, PA news agency said.
“The Liverpool scenes are awful – my thoughts are with everyone injured or affected,” said the British prime minister.
“I want to thank the police and emergency services for their quick and continuous response to this shocking incident,” he said.
“I am kept aware of the evolutions and ask to give the police the space he needs to investigate,” concluded Keir Starmer.
What a witness to the incident said
Harry Rashid, 48, from Solihull, was at the parade with his wife and their two daughters when he was witness to collision.
“It happened about 3 meters away from us (…).
“It was extremely fast. Initially, I only heard a pole, a pole, the pole, from the people who were hit by the hood of a car,” he added.
The man said that people in the incident area tried to break the car windows.
“The crowd that was a little behind began to crumble on him trying to break his windows. But then he put his foot in the pedal again and simply pierced the rest, he simply continued,” Harry Rashid said.
