Liverpool parade collision: police get more time to question suspect and say seven people still in hospital – as it happened | Liverpool

Liverpool parade collision: police get more time to question suspect and say seven people still in hospital – as it happened | Liverpool

79 people injured in Monday’s collision, with seven in hospital in ‘stable condition’ – police

Merseyside police have just shared an update. Here are the main lines:

  • Seven people remain in hospital in a stable condition.

  • Police have identified more injured people – they are now in contact with 79 people who were injured in Monday’s incident.

  • The alleged driver remains in police custody after Merseyside police’s investigations team was granted further time to continue questioning him in police custody, which will remain in place until tomorrow.

  • Water Street, where the collision took place, has now reopened to vehicles and pedestrians after the police cordon was stood down.

Flowers lie at Water Street by the site of Monday’s incident. Photograph: Isabel Infantes/Reuters
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Our story on Merseyside police being granted more time to question the suspected driver of a car which ploughed into a crowd at Liverpool’s victory parade is here:



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