Car collides with pedestrians at soccer parade in Liverpool, England

A car collided with a number of pedestrians as thousands of people celebrated Liverpool Football Club’s Premier League title win, police said.

A car collided with a number of pedestrians in the center of Liverpool in northwest England, injuring at least 27, officials said Monday, as thousands lined the streets to celebrate Liverpool Football Club’s English Premier League title win.

At least 27 people, including four children, were hospitalized for their injuries, North West Ambulance Service Head of Service David Kitchin said. Of those people, one adult and one child have serious injuries, Kitchin said.

Twenty more people were treated at the scene for minor injuries, Kitchin said. Additional patients have shown up at local hospitals, as well.

Fire crews lifted the vehicle, which video showed was a minivan, off four people who were trapped underneath, including a child, said Nick Searle, chief fire officer for Merseyside Fire and Rescue. They were all taken to the hospital.

Describing it as a “major incident” on X, Merseyside police said the car “stopped at the scene" and a man was detained. In a later statement, police said “the suspect was white, British and from the Liverpool area.” It added that he was 53 years old.