Driver arrested after car plows into celebrating Liverpool fans

Witnesses reported people being knocked over as a dark-coloured people carrier swerved through huge crowds among tens of thousands who turned out to see the English team's victory parade.

An AFP journalist at the scene saw at least four people taken away on stretchers.

"It was extremely fast," said Harry Rashid, 48, from Solihull, near Birmingham, central England, to see Liverpool players parade the trophy through the city in an open-topped bus.

"Initially we just heard the pop, pop, pop of people just being knocked off the bonnet of the car," he told reporters.