Photos: Liverpool celebrations turn into horror as 50 injured after car ploughs into fans

Liverpool parade crash: Debris remains scattered at crime scene after a car crashed into a crowded football fan base, leaving 50 injured.

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In a startling event, a car crashed into a sizable throng during Monday's Liverpool victory parade celebration, injuring over 50 people and sending 27 to the hospital. A 53-year-old British driver has been taken into custody. (AP)

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A discarded child's octopus soft toy, and a Liverpool flag lays in the road behind a police cordon on Water Street in Liverpool, north-west England on May 27, 2025, after a car ploughed in to crowds gathered to watch an open-top bus victory parade for Liverpool's Premier League trophy parade on May 26. Police said Monday they were not treating a Liverpool car ramming which left 27 people hospitalised as terrorism, after a vehicle ploughed into crowds celebrating Liverpool's Premier League football title. "We believe this to be an isolated incident, and we are not currently looking for anyone else in relation to it," Merseyside Police Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims told a press conference, adding a 53-year-old British man had been arrested. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (AFP)

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Labour MP for Liverpool Riverside, Kim Johnson, talks to members of the media beside a police cordon on Water Street in Liverpool, north-west England on May 27, 2025, after a car ploughed in to crowds gathered to watch an open-top bus victory parade for Liverpool's Premier League trophy parade on May 26. Police said Monday they were not treating a Liverpool car ramming which left 27 people hospitalised as terrorism, after a vehicle ploughed into crowds celebrating Liverpool's Premier League football title. "We believe this to be an isolated incident, and we are not currently looking for anyone else in relation to it," Merseyside Police Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims told a press conference, adding a 53-year-old British man had been arrested. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (AFP)

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Police and emergency personnel deal with an incident near the Liver Building during the Premier League winners parade, in Liverpool, England, Monday May 26, 2025. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP) (AP)

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Police and emergency personnel deal with an incident on Water Street near the Liver Building in Liverpool after a car collided with pedestrians during the Premier League winners parade, in Liverpool, England, Monday May 26, 2025. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP) (AP)

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Mayor of Liverpool City Region, Steve Rotherham, talks to members of the media beside a police cordon on Water Street in Liverpool, north-west England on May 27, 2025, after a car ploughed in to crowds gathered to watch an open-top bus victory parade for Liverpool's Premier League trophy parade on May 26. Police said Monday they were not treating a Liverpool car ramming which left 27 people hospitalised as terrorism, after a vehicle ploughed into crowds celebrating Liverpool's Premier League football title. "We believe this to be an isolated incident, and we are not currently looking for anyone else in relation to it," Merseyside Police Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims told a press conference, adding a 53-year-old British man had been arrested. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (AFP)

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Police officers stand guard in front of the Liverpool Town Hall following an incident in Water Street (rear), on the sidelines of an open-top bus victory parade for Liverpool's Premier League title win, in Liverpool, north-west England on May 26, 2025. A car collided with a number of pedestrians in Liverpool, northern England, on May 26 evening during Liverpool FC's Premier League victory parade, police said. Police said they were contacted shortly after 6pm (1700 GMT) �following reports of a collision between a car and a number of pedestrians� in the city centre. One man has been arrested, according to the police, who did not say whether there were any casualties. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (AFP)

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A fan is assisted by a police officer after multiple people were hit by a car during the Victory parade Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith (Action Images via Reuters)

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Discarded electric scooters lay in the road behind a police cordon on Water Street in Liverpool, north-west England on May 27, 2025, after a car ploughed in to crowds gathered to watch an open-top bus victory parade for Liverpool's Premier League trophy parade on May 26. Police said Monday they were not treating a Liverpool car ramming which left 27 people hospitalised as terrorism, after a vehicle ploughed into crowds celebrating Liverpool's Premier League football title. "We believe this to be an isolated incident, and we are not currently looking for anyone else in relation to it," Merseyside Police Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims told a press conference, adding a 53-year-old British man had been arrested. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (AFP)

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Discarded Liverpool scarves and flags lay in the road behind a police cordon on Water Street in Liverpool, north-west England on May 27, 2025, after a car ploughed in to crowds gathered to watch an open-top bus victory parade for Liverpool's Premier League trophy parade on May 26. Police said Monday they were not treating a Liverpool car ramming which left 27 people hospitalised as terrorism, after a vehicle ploughed into crowds celebrating Liverpool's Premier League football title. "We believe this to be an isolated incident, and we are not currently looking for anyone else in relation to it," Merseyside Police Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims told a press conference, adding a 53-year-old British man had been arrested. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (AFP)

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Police officers investigate the scene of an incident in Water Street, on the sidelines of an open-top bus victory parade for Liverpool's Premier League title win, in Liverpool, north-west England on May 26, 2025. (Photo by Darren Staples / AFP) (AFP)

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Liverpool players celebrate with the trophy on an open-top bus during the Liverpool FC Premier League victory parade in Liverpool, England, Monday, May 26, 2025. AP/PTI(AP05_27_2025_000078A) (AP)

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Police and emergency personnel deal with an incident on Water Street near the Liver Building in Liverpool after a car collided with pedestrians during the Premier League winners parade, in Liverpool, England, Monday May 26, 2025. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP) (AP)

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Police and emergency personnel deal with an incident on Water Street near the Liver Building in Liverpool after a car collided with pedestrians during the Premier League winners parade, in Liverpool, England, Monday May 26, 2025. AP/PTI(AP05_27_2025_000040A) (AP)

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Liverpool Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram speaks near the scene in the aftermath of an incident where a car plowed into a crowd of Liverpool fans during a parade celebrating their side's Premier League soccer title, in central Liverpool, Britain, May 27, 2025. REUTERS/Phil Noble (REUTERS)

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Police walks down the street where a 53-year-old British man plowed a minivan into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans who were celebrating the city's Premier League championship Monday, injuring more than 45 people in Liverpool, England, Tuesday, May 27, 2025.(AP Photo/Jon Super) (AP)

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Police officers work at the scene after an incident where a car plowed into a crowd of Liverpool fans during a parade celebrating their side's Premier League soccer title, in central Liverpool, Britain, May 27, 2025. REUTERS/Phil Noble TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY (REUTERS)

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A fan scarf lies near the site where a 53-year-old British man plowed a minivan into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans who were celebrating the city's Premier League championship Monday, injuring more than 45 people in Liverpool, England, Tuesday, May 27, 2025.(AP Photo/Jon Super) (AP)

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A worker sweeps the road near the scene after an incident where a car plowed into a crowd of Liverpool fans during a parade celebrating their side's Premier League soccer title, in central Liverpool, Britain, May 27, 2025. REUTERS/Phil Noble TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY (REUTERS)