Probe into whether Liverpool driver tailgated ambulance before parade horror

It is understood that Merseyside Police are investigating whether the driver attempted to follow an ambulance that was moving through the crowd

Police tents surrounded by debris at the scene in Water Street near the Liver Building in Liverpool city centre after a 53-year-old white British man was arrested when a car ploughed into a crowd of people during Liverpool FC's Premier League victory parade. Picture: PA

Detectives are probing whether the car which ploughed into a crowd during Liverpool’s Premier League victory parade tailgated an ambulance before running down pedestrians.

The city’s metro mayor Steve Rotheram said the vehicle should not have been on the street and the “big question” was how the incident happened.