Mayor Steve Rotheram issues statement after car driven into people at Liverpool parade on Monday

Steve Rotherham, mayor of Liverpool City Region, has issued a new statement on the incident on Monday evening which left nearly 50 people injured and 27 taken to hospital, with two people sustaining serious injuries.

Shortly after 6pm yesterday, when the parade celebrating Liverpool FC’s Premier League title victory had just concluded, a car was driven into a crowd of people in the city, with a 53-year-old man from the Liverpool area arrested in connection with the incident.

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