Car hits crowd celebrating Liverpool's Premier League victory

Dozens of people have been injured after a car hit a crowd of people who were celebrating at Liverpool's Premier League victory parade.

Police were contacted just after 6pm on Bank Holiday Monday following reports a car had been in collision with a number of pedestrians on Water Street.

The car stopped at the scene and a 53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area was detained. No charges have yet been laid and it is not being treated as a terrorist incident.

Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims from Merseyside Police said: "

She continued: "Extensive enquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances leading up to the collision and it is vital that people do not speculate or spread misinformation on social media.

"I know that people will understandably be concerned by what has happened tonight.

"What I can tell you is that we believe this to be an isolated incident and we are not currently looking for anyone else in relation to it.

"The incident is not currently being treated as terrorism.

"We would ask that people refrain from sharing distressing footage from the incident online and please share any information directly with our investigation team."

She also added: "In the lead up to this event we have been working closely with event organisers and a robust traffic management plan was put in place for the parade which included a number of road closures throughout the route and the city centre."

Dave Kitchin, from North West Ambulance Service, said: "Our emergency ambulances took patients to our NHS colleagues at Royal Liverpool, Alder Hey, Arrowe Park and Aintree Hospitals. Sadly, four of the injured were children who were enjoying the day with their friends and families.

"We can confirm that our teams treated 20 patients at the scene for minor injuries – these did not need hospital treatment.

"27 patients in total were taken to hospital by ambulance and we believe two of those, including one of the children, have sustained injuries deemed to be serious.

"Our cyclist paramedic was also unfortunately struck by the vehicle, but we are pleased to report that no injuries were sustained.

"We also know some patients have self-presented at local hospitals.

"We are working closely with our partners at Merseyside Police and share their appeal for calm. This is indeed, an appalling incident, and we understand that people will be deeply upset. The people of Liverpool have shown many times before that you are a strong community, you support one another."