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Emergency services descended on Water Street after Merseyside Police were contacted just after 6pm on Monday, May 26 with reports of the incident.

It was later confirmed 27 people were taken to hospital and two, including one child, had sustained serious injuries.

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Emergency services at the scene of a major incident on Water Street in Liverpool city centre this evening(Image: Liverpool ECHO)

Merseyside Police received a report of car crash in Liverpool city centre just after 6pm on Monday.

A number of people were seen receiving medical treatment inside restaurant Riva Blu, which was turned into a makeshift casualty centre.

Emergency Services scene on Water Street after Liverpool FC Premier League Champions parade

Just before 8pm, Merseyside Police issued a further update confirming a 53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area had been arrested in connection with the incident.

A spokesperson asked people not to speculate on the circumstances surrounding the incident.

It said: “We are in direct contact with Merseyside Police regarding the incident on Water Street which happened towards the end of the trophy parade earlier this evening.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with those who been affected by this serious incident.

Representatives from Merseyside Police, North West Ambulance Service, Liverpool City Council and Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service read statements.

It was confirmed two people, including a child, suffered serious injuries after a car hit a number of pedestrians on Water Street following the Liverpool FC Premier League victory parade on Monday.

Twenty-seven patients in total were taken to hospital.

The journeys will resume journeys at Sir Thomas Street, omitting Cook Street.

A blue tent remained on at the scene on Water Street and an ambulance was surrounded by a white tent, with a smaller tent in the middle.

Police officers remain at the scene as a number of streets are cordoned off(Image: PA)

Four people are still “very, very ill in hospital” after a car ploughed into a crowd during Liverpool’s Premier League victory parade, the city’s metro mayor has said this morning.

Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live on Tuesday, Liverpool City Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram said he was hopeful that those seriously injured “pull through very, very quickly,” reports PA.

?He told the broadcaster: “The actual incident in Water Street will live with those people for all the wrong reasons, and that’s where we have to really focus our minds.