‘It just wasn’t stopping’
Matt Cole, a BBC reporter who attended the Liverpool parade with his family, witnessed the shocking incident.
He told BBC News: “I was there with my family. We had just moments before watched fireworks going off and celebrations, the Liverpool bus passing us on the Strand.
“There were screams ahead of us and suddenly this dark blue car just came through the crowd.
“It just wasn’t stopping. I managed to grab my daughter who was with me and jump out of the way.
“It missed myself and my family by literally inches. We then turned and watched what happened momentarily behind us before running.
“It was being chased by a group of men who were trying to bang on the side of it and throw things at it.
“The back of the rear windshield had been completely smashed in, but it just had no intention of stopping.
“At that point, we and others dived into a side street and then once I was sure my family were safe, I looked back to see people sitting on the ground surrounded by people.
“Police came running from all over, ambulances, police vans, as we moved away through those crowds.
“An entire squad of armed police cars stopped, and people jumped out with rifles and again big medical packs on and began running to the scene of the incident.”
