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Incident in Water St Liverpool

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Oreo Mon 26-May-25 19:19:14

It’s not being given out yet what happened except a car ploughed into pedestrians this evening.Accident or deliberate ?
The police will soon say.

Oreo Mon 26-May-25 19:20:33

Looks like the car tried to get away but fans hung onto it and kept him there.Good for them!

Oreo Mon 26-May-25 19:26:05

It sounded like Water St but could be Walton St.

AGAA4 Mon 26-May-25 19:32:14

How awful. My GS was in that area this afternoon.

foxie48 Mon 26-May-25 19:39:40

A friend is there, he was at the Hillsborough stadium in 1989 and in Paris in 2023. I hope he is OK. Liverpool fans have had too many tragedies already.

Primrose53 Mon 26-May-25 19:49:55

Prime Minister has issued a statement and news is that this indicates the seriousness of the incident.

Unlikely to be an accident. Driver was detained at scene.

AGAA4 Mon 26-May-25 19:52:52

There was an air ambulance at the scene. Hope not too many injured.

karmalady Mon 26-May-25 20:01:47

It will be a miracle if many have not been killed or seriously injured. I have seen the full footage, absolutely horrific

twiglet77 Mon 26-May-25 20:06:51

Police have arrested a 53 year old white British man.

Magenta8 Mon 26-May-25 20:07:02

What should have been a joyous parade has been turned into a tragedy. I only hope there are not too many casualties or any fatalities.

karmalady Mon 26-May-25 20:08:39

The people there saw the driver, whoever he was

LOUISA1523 Mon 26-May-25 20:09:35

twiglet77

Police have arrested a 53 year old white British man.

A resident from the Liverpool area

ViceVersa Mon 26-May-25 20:12:55

karmalady

It will be a miracle if many have not been killed or seriously injured. I have seen the full footage, absolutely horrific

It is indeed horrific. I would advise people not to look for the footage if they're squeamish or easily offended. Those poor people. Just out celebrating their club's success, only for something like this to happen.

GrannyGravy13 Mon 26-May-25 20:15:55

I have just inadvertently seen footage this on X I hope and pray for those involved.

LizzieDrip Mon 26-May-25 20:20:39

Police have urged people not to share any footage on SM but to send any footage to them. Quite right!

GrannyGravy13 Mon 26-May-25 20:22:14

LizzieDrip

Police have urged people not to share any footage on SM but to send any footage to them. Quite right!

Totally agree, but the footage is already out there.

No idea what those posting this are getting out of it?

growstuff Mon 26-May-25 20:25:16

Oreo

It sounded like Water St but could be Walton St.

It's Water Street, which is just behind the Liver Building.

LizzieDrip Mon 26-May-25 20:29:05

No idea what those posting this are getting out of it

Those posting footage of this incident are sick IMO.

Grandmadinosaur Mon 26-May-25 20:29:54

foxie48

A friend is there, he was at the Hillsborough stadium in 1989 and in Paris in 2023. I hope he is OK. Liverpool fans have had too many tragedies already.

Exactly. A despicable act.

karmalady Mon 26-May-25 20:33:33

I was impressed with the police action and the speed at which they controlled the situation

Granmarderby10 Mon 26-May-25 20:40:23

We have family there visiting from abroad and the train station is at a standstill with no information at all been waiting 3 hours already.
They’d not laid on any extra trains or planned any transport replacement, it seems so don’t know if this has been a result of the dreadful incident for all concerned. 🙏🏻

Washerwoman Mon 26-May-25 20:46:01

Our DD has just heard from our SIL who is there as an emergency worker. He messaged to reassure her he's ok as the crowds and people angry with the driver is a potentially dangerous for them too.He was injured in the Southport riots so knew she would be worried. Thats all he could say re the situation until more announced officially
.I too wish people wouldn't share footage on social media. Awful for the families of the injured an others involved.

Casdon Mon 26-May-25 20:50:30

Another terrible incident, poor Liverpool FC again their joy in an epic season is spoiled. Please don’t watch any footage on social media, it just feeds the idiots who post and treat peoples lives as gossipy news to share with the world.

welbeck Mon 26-May-25 21:01:25

Just read a report from a local radio reporter in a building with a vantage point.
Says 2 ambulances have been there and not moved. Over 2 hours. Also an incident tent.
So it's not looking good unfortunately.

welbeck Mon 26-May-25 21:03:43

Another eye witness who narrowly avoided being hit said the horn was being sounded in the vehicle in question.
Which is strange.