Good Morning Britain star Susanna Reid shared an important update from Liverpool on Tuesday morning
07:06, 27 May 2025Updated 07:27, 27 May 2025
Good Morning Britain star Susanna Reid announced “horrific” breaking news minutes into Tuesday’s (May 27) show.
At the start of today’s programme, Susanna confirmed that four children were injured at yesterday’s Liverpool FC parade.
A 53-year-old man has been arrested after a car hit a number of pedestrians in Liverpool city centre during the Premier League victory parade.
Eyewitnesses and videos shared on social media have shown the vehicle driving through a crowd as people run away from the scene.
The incident is not being treated as terror-related and is believed to be isolated, police said.
“Our breaking news this morning is that we now know that four children were among the dozens injured yesterday as a people carrier was driven into crowds celebrating Liverpool’s Premier League victory parade,” Susanna began.
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“Firefighters had to lift up the vehicle to rescue a child, who was among four people trapped underneath it.”
Ed Balls added: “The Prime Minister has paid tribute to the city’s unity, saying Liverpool stands together and the whole country stands with Liverpool.”
Chief correspondent Richard Gaisford was live in Liverpool, while Nitya Rajan reported outside Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.
Richard issued a warning to viewers before a pre-recorded segment was broadcast, before Nitya detailed the number of injuries sustained in the incident.
“One child out of the four that were injured has sustained serious injuries,” she confirmed.
Back in the studio, Susanna and Ed opened up about the devastating effects the incident will have on the wider community.
A car ploughed into a crowd at the Liverpool FC parade on Monday
“Devastating scenes there. Of course, everyone thought that they were celebrating something joyful,” Susanna said.
“This parade was miles long, and initially people would not have realised what happened in Water Street if they had already drifted off in other directions.
“Obviously, your heart goes out to everyone injured, those who saw what happened, people would have been really devastated witnessing that, but everyone else in the parade thinking it was one of the best days of their life, and all that’s come over that now is just awful.”
Ed added: “It’s so particularly upsetting for this to happen in Liverpool. They were denied a parade during the pandemic when they won the league. Liverpool has faced such terrible football hardship over the years.
“For this to happen again and on the day when they’re celebrating such a dramatically brilliant win in the Premier League is really unfair. It’s terrible.”
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