JOURNEY TO CHAOS

FOOTAGE CAPTURES BUILD-UP TO HORROR CRASH AT PARADE

- By LIAM THORP, PATRICK EDRICH & KATIE HEATH

THE final movements of a car before it was driven into pedestrians at Liverpool FC’s Premier League title parade have been revealed in CCTV footage obtained by the ECHO.

The ECHO has gained access to a range of CCTV footage which shows a Ford Galaxy car that injured 79 people as they celebrated their team’s triumph on Monday evening moving through the city centre before ploughing into crowds in Water Street.

The previously unseen footage shows the car emerging onto Dale Street at its easternmost point, close to the Queensway Tunnel. The Ford Galaxy is seen in this area at 17:56. Just two minutes before this, footage shows an ambulance moving through the same area on a busy Dale Street with its lights on and siren in use.

It is likely that this is the ambulance police believe the driver of the Galaxy tailgated further along the route, allowing them to follow it and pass through a road closure at the start of Water Street, before driving into the crowd of pedestrians.