Parents of baby in Liverpool parade attack hail 'miracle'

Family tell Alex Ross how five-month-old Teddy was thrown 15 feet along the road in his pram but suffered no injuries

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Walking through crowds of deliriously happy football supporters, Sheree Aldridge carefully pushed her five-month-old baby, Teddy, in his pram.

She and her partner, Daniel Eveson, were walking back to their car after Liverpool’s Premier Leaguewinning victory parade - an afternoon of celebration and jubilation for more than a million fans.

Moments later, as the family of three joined Water Street, they heard a loud noise. Then someone shouted “Car”.

Mr Eveson, 37, instantly spun his partner round, away from the impending danger. But it was too late. Paul Doyle’s 1.9-tonne Ford Galaxy crashed into her side, flinging the pram - and her beloved baby boy - 15 feet down the road.

Ms Aldridge, 37, a safeguarding officer, was thrown onto the bonnet of Doyle’s car. She fell back onto the road and was run over, which left her with injuries that medics described as being akin to the sort that are sustained in a high-speed car crash. But what happened to her son was a miracle, she said.