Everything We Know About The Liverpool Crash, So Far
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BBC
4.4 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Today, a man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car crashed into fans during a parade to celebrate Liverpool’s title victory.
The 53 year old from West Derby, in Liverpool, has also been arrested on suspicion of driving while unfit through drugs and dangerous driving offences.
50 people were treated in hospital after the incident - but police say those remaining in hospital are all in a stable condition.
How was this able to happen? Adam speaks to BBC Breakfast presenter Sally Nugent and long time home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds.
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| 0:04.7 | Hello, on Monday afternoon, there was just such a vibe in so many places, whether you'd |
| 0:09.2 | been at the Hay Festival with newscast, whether you'd been at Radio One's big weekend, or |
| 0:15.1 | if you were one of the tens of thousands of people who were in Liverpool celebrating Liverpool's victory in the Premier |
| 0:22.8 | League. But then at tea time, that mood to turn to tragedy as a car collided with some of the |
| 0:30.0 | crowds in Liverpool. Fifty people were hospitalised. Eleven people are still receiving |
| 0:36.0 | treatment, but they're in a stable condition. And a 53-year-old man has been arrested and is still in police custody. |
| 0:43.0 | We've also, throughout Tuesday, learn more details of the police investigation and the police response, and we will round all of that up on this episode of Newscast. |
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| 1:16.9 | just after 4pm on Tuesday. So this episode represents what we know about the situation and what |
| 1:23.1 | the police have been saying at this point. And here is what we know. Fifty people were taken to |
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