Four people still ‘very ill in hospital’ after car crashed into Liverpool fans

Four people who were injured after a car crashed into a crowd of Liverpool fans yesterday evening remain ‘very ill in hospital’, the city’s mayor has said.

Dozens of people were taken to hospital after a car ploughed into the Premier League team’s trophy parade.

In an update this morning, Liverpool City Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram said four members of the crowd were ‘very, very ill in hospital’.

‘We are hoping of course that they pull through very, very quickly,’ he told BBC Radio 5 Live.

The driver, a 53-year-old white British man, was arrested at the scene after the vehicle drove into people lining Water Street.

North West Ambulance Service said 27 people were taken to the hospital, 20 people were treated at the scene and four children were among the injured.

They added last evening that one child and one adult were seriously injured.

Merseyside Police said the ‘isolated’ incident was not being treated as terrorism.

The city’s chief fire officer, Nick Searle, described how four people, including a child, were lifted from beneath the car by firefighters.

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