A 53-year-old man has been arrested after a car ploughed into a crowd of Liverpool supporters during their Premier League trophy parade last night. Hundreds of thousands were out on the streets to celebrate when the car collided with pedestrians on Water Street, in the heart of Liverpool city centre, shortly after 6 p.m. Twenty-seven were taken to hospital, two of them with serious injuries, while 20 were treated on the scene. Four of the injured were children. Mercifully – miraculously – no one seems to have died.
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Much about the incident remains unclear. Footage online appears to show members of the crowd punching and kicking a vehicle, before it reverses, colliding with at least one person, and then ploughs forwards into the crowd. Four people, including a child, were later lifted from beneath the car, according to Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service.
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