Need to know
Police have arrested a man in his 30s after a car ploughed into ‘multiple pedestrians’ in a UK city centre last night, which left some people with serious injuries
Five things you need to know after a car slammed into “multiple” pedestrians in Derby:
- Police said an incident involving a black Suzuki Swift happened in Derby city centre, in the Friar Gate area of the city, at around 9.30pm on Saturday night.
- The driver, a man in his 30s, has been arrested by Derbyshire Constabulary and is in police custody.
- Police said “multiple pedestrians” were struck and some people were left with serious injuries. They were treated at the scene before they were rushed to hospital.
- One eye-witness said it was “absolute carnage” as multiple people were laying in the road and on the pavement after the shocking incident. They said: “It was utterly horrific. People were laying on the pavement covered in blood and on the road.”
- Police have urged members of the public who “saw a black Suzuki Swift being driven in Derby around the time of the incident” to come forward and the force they it believes there is no ongoing risk to the public.
- READ THE FULL STORY HERE: Several injured as car ploughs into pedestrians in Derby city centre
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