A man has been charged after a car ploughed into a crowd at the end of Liverpool football club’s Premier League victory parade on Monday evening.
Paul Doyle, 53, from the West Derby area of Liverpool, was charged with dangerous driving, causing grievous bodily harm with intent, wounding with intent to cause GBH and attempting to cause GBH with intent after the incident on Water Street in the city centre. He will appear at Liverpool magistrates court on Friday.
Thousands of people had gathered in the city to watch the title winners display the Premier League trophy on an open-top bus when the incident took place at about 6pm on the bank holiday.
At least 79 people were injured, including children. The North West ambulance service said 27 people were taken to hospital, with two of the injured, including one child, having sustained serious injuries.
Four children were injured in total, and 20 patients were treated at the scene, the ambulance service said.
Merseyside police later said 50 people were treated at the region’s hospitals. The youngest person injured was nine and the oldest was 78, police said on Thursday.
Det Supt Rachel Wilson, of Merseyside police, said: “An extensive investigation into the precise circumstances of the incident is ongoing and we continue to ask people not to speculate on the circumstances surrounding the incident and refrain from sharing distressing content online.”
The cordon on Water Street, where the incident took place, was lifted by Wednesday morning and the road reopened to traffic.
