Liverpool mayor Steve Rotheram said the vehicle should not have been on the street and the 'big question' was how the incident happened Detectives are investigating whether the car that ploughed into a crowd celebrating Liverpool's Premier League football victory tailgated an ambulance before running down pedestrians.

Close to 50 fans are injured in the incident - 27 people were taken to hospital and 20 people were treated at the scene, with four children among the injured. | ITV News Granada

A man filmed struggling with police at the same event where a car ploughed into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans is not the suspected driver, who was arrested, according to Merseyside Police, contrary to misleading online posts.