The man arrested after the Liverpool parade crash is still in police custodyMartin Fricker, Hollie Bone, Lucy Thornton and Stephen Topping Senior reporter
06:44, 29 May 2025Updated 06:48, 29 May 2025
Footage of the Ford Galaxy heading through Liverpool before the collision(Image: Liverpool Echo)
Stunned neighbours have spoken out after learning a man from their cul-de-sac was arrested over the Liverpool trophy parade horror.
Hundreds of thousands of Liverpool FC fans lined the city’s streets to celebrate their side’s Premier League success on Monday (May 26).
But at around 6pm, scenes of jubilation turned to devastation when a Ford Galaxy followed an ambulance into the crowd on Water Street before driving into supporters who had gathered.
Merseyside Police says 79 people were injured in the incident, with seven remaining in hospital on Wednesday afternoon. Some of the victims were children.
Officers have been given more time to question a 53-year-old ‘white British’ man from West Derby, in Liverpool, who has been in custody since Monday night after being arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, dangerous driving and drug driving.
The suspect’s name emerged as police had been stationed outside his £300,000 family home, the Mirror reports. He cannot currently be named.
Police on Water Street this week(Image: Liverpool Echo)
Shocked residents described the suspect as being from a ‘nice family’, telling how he lives at home with his children and a wife.
One neighbour said: “It seems completely out of character. They are such a nice family, the [children] are really nice and well-behaved.
“[He] is a fantastic guy. He came over to help us when our alarm went off once, and then did the same for our immediate neighbours too.
“It just doesn’t make sense. It doesn’t feel right. They are lovely. The whole thing is so sad – for his wife and children and also for the people who were injured.”
The suspect, believed to be a former company director, can be seen posing in loved-up pictures on social media enjoying overseas family holidays and family parties.
One neighbour also told The Sun: “She [the wife] first realised when she saw it was her car on the telly, when she saw it being driven at the parade. The normal police cars turned up at teatime then Matrix van turned up later that night.”
Another neighbour added that when they saw police descend on the quiet cul-de-sac on Monday they had joked about a neighbour being the suspect – only to discover in horror he had been arrested.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper speaks to police at the scene(Image: Jan Kruger/Getty Images)
They said: “We turned in and there were three or four police cars on the top of our road and we just said ‘Oh my God, imagine if he is on our road’ and that was it and now we are like s***”.”
The suspect is yet to be charged. Merseyside Police has not revealed what drugs they believe the driver had taken.
In an update issued on Wednesday, Detective Superintendent Rachel Wilson said: “I’m pleased to say that the number of people in hospital is reducing as they continue to recover from the awful incident.
“We continue to support those still receiving treatment and as part of our ongoing enquiries we are identifying more people who were injured.
“I want to reassure the public of Merseyside that detectives are making significant progress as we seek to establish the full circumstances that led to what happened.”
Among those injured was new dad Daniel Eveson, who thought his little family were ‘going to die’ when his son’s buggy was dragged 15ft in the carnage.
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The traumatised dad, 36, said the driver was screaming and ‘delirious’ after fans pulled him from behind the wheel to stop him going any further.
Daniel said: “He was just screaming, ‘get off, get away.’ He seemed delirious, he just seemed like he didn’t know where he was. It’s a miracle that no one lost their lives.”
Daniel, from Telford, Shropshire, added it was nothing short of a ‘miracle’ that his family survived and has now dubbed his five month old baby boy ‘Super Ted’ after he escaped completely unscathed.
He added: “He’s our miracle. He’s ‘Super Ted’. I keep crying every time I hold him. I can’t believe we’ve still got him, he didn’t even break a finger.”
Daniel told how his fiancée Sheree Aldridge, 36, is also ‘getting better’ after the car ran over her leg, leaving her with muscle and tissue damage and lacerations.
He said: “I basically held the pram but the pram got taken out of my hands and my hands went on the bonnet to try and stop the car. Then Sheree went up on the bonnet and then dropped off and then went under it.”
“I looked to my side to see her and she just wasn’t there,” he said, breaking down in tears and adding: “Oh my God it was just horrible. I just want justice.”