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ITV News
2 days ago
- ITV News
'Traumatised' Liverpool crash victim feels lucky to be alive after being injured during parade
A couple who were among dozens of pedestrians injured after a car drove into the crowd during Liverpool's Premier League trophy celebrations have said they are 'traumatised' by the incident. Jack Trotter and his partner Abbie Gallagher, who are from County Down in Northern Ireland, were walking up Water Street in Liverpool city centre when a car injured at least 79 people - seven of whom remain in hospital. Mr Trotter was filming the aftermath of the parade on his phone when a car drove in the opposite direction to pedestrians on Monday at around 6pm. He told ITV News that he initially thought the oncoming car was an ambulance. 'I tried to manoeuvre out of the way but he just tried to mow past me and then he clipped me,' he said. 'As soon as the adrenaline wore off, I got to Abbie and instantly fell to the floor. Instantly, I was in an immense amount of pain.' His girlfriend narrowly avoided the car, saying she pushed herself off the bonnet, but witnessed the horror unfold around her. She said: 'I saw was people getting knocked over and people in the air and you just think to yourself, 'What is going on?'. "I just remember when I got to Jack I was screaming, 'Who does that? Who does that?' - that's kind of stuck with me.' 'I just feel traumatised,' she added. 'You wake up and all you want to do is just cry. "I got lucky I didn't get hit, I saved myself from being hit, and even that thought that so many people are injured - you just want to cry for them too.' Following the incident, Mr Trotter was among the wounded moved into a neighbouring restaurant for medical treatment before he spent 11 hours in hospital. He says he remains in 'immense pain' and has been undergoing scans to find out the extent of the damage to his lower back, which bore the brunt of the impact. The couple say he is struggling to walk and is still unable to shower or even brush his own teeth. 'Obviously we are glad that we are still here but obviously we are thinking about everyone else as well,' Mr Trotter said. 'Everyone knows the car shouldn't have been there. There was no way the car should have been there with all those people.' A 53-year-old man, from West Derby, Liverpool is in custody on suspicion of attempted murder, dangerous driving and drug driving. Merseyside Police believe the car which struck pedestrians was able to get into the restricted area after tailgating an ambulance crew attending to someone suffering a heart attack after a road block was temporarily lifted. The force, which was granted more time to question him on Wednesday afternoon, is continuing to appeal for witnesses to come forward.
Fashion United
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Fashion United
Bottega Veneta marks 50 Years of Intrecciato as Creative Director Louise Trotter prepares for debut
With September's Milan Fashion Week many months away, the fashion industry is closely watching Bottega Veneta, where newly appointed creative director Louise Trotter is poised to unveil her first collection. While Trotter has remained out of the public eye since her appointment, which began end of January, the house has maintained momentum with a campaign celebrating its most enduring symbol: the iconic Intrecciato weave. Launched in 1975, Intrecciato—Bottega Veneta's signature handwoven leather technique—has long stood as a discreet emblem of the brand's artisanal integrity. In an era saturated with logos and visual excess, its tactile sophistication has become a symbol of understatement: a language of luxury spoken fluently by those who value refinement over recognition. Daniel Lee amplified its scale during his brief but impactful tenure, while Matthieu Blazy later distilled it with subtlety and precision. The latest campaign, titled Craft is our Language, marks the 50th anniversary of the technique. Directed by British photographer Jack Davison and choreographed by Lenio Kaklea, the visual project avoids spectacle in favour of subtle gestures, reinforcing the house's ethos that true luxury resides in craftsmanship and materiality. Through cinematic stills and movement, the campaign communicates a reverence for human hands—both as tools of creation and as conveyors of meaning. While the campaign reinforces Bottega Veneta's artisanal roots, it also serves as strategic positioning ahead of a significant leadership transition. Trotter, known for her thoughtful minimalism and tenure at Lacoste and Joseph, is expected to bring a refined sensibility to the brand. According to sources close to the maison, she has been working behind the scenes for months, quietly aligning her vision with the brand's codes. In a crowded luxury market increasingly dominated by fast cycles and digital fanfare, Bottega Veneta's decision to anchor its pre-season messaging around craftsmanship—not celebrity or shock—is a considered move. It signals a continued investment in heritage and a desire to deepen brand equity at a time when many competitors chase volume over value.
Dublin Live
3 days ago
- Dublin Live
Liverpool fan 'pleaded for driver to stop' before he was hit by car at victory parade after travelling from Ireland
Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info Liverpool supporter Jack Trotter, 22, has recounted the harrowing experience of being struck by a car during the club's victory parade. Trotter described the moment he "locked eyes" with the driver and begged him to stop just before the vehicle hit him. The Co Down resident was celebrating Liverpool's success on Water Street in the city centre on Monday when he found himself face-to-face with the Ford Galaxy. Fellow fans and locals rushed to his aid, helping him into a nearby pub until emergency services arrived to transport him to the hospital. Photographs of Trotter, wearing a Liverpool scarf and being carried by two firefighters, made the front pages of several national newspapers on Tuesday. Despite escaping serious injury and being discharged from the hospital, Trotter fears he may experience walking difficulties for weeks. Trotter had traveled to Liverpool with his girlfriend, Abbie Gallagher, 22, who witnessed the terrifying incident and screamed his name as the car approached him. "Abbie was a few feet ahead of me, and I was just taking videos singing with Liverpool fans I'd never even met before," Trotter shared with the PA news agency. (Image: Sky News) "Then I just heard her screaming my name, I put my phone down and by then I was face to face with the car. He had slowed down. And then I put my hands up and pleaded for him to stop, and he wasn't stopping. Then he clipped me.", reports Belfast Live. Trotter described the incident as "very quick" and revealed that he did make eye contact with the driver. "People were hitting his car, shouting at him. Everything was very dark. Everything was very blurry. He had ran through me by the time I could get a good look at him. "When the car had hit me, the adrenaline kicked in, and I didn't really, obviously feel anything. And then once I found my partner, the adrenaline wore off, and then I just collapsed on the wall and said 'Abbie, that's me, I'm gone". Mr Trotter recounted how passers-by assisted him after the incident until firefighters escorted him to an ambulance. The harrowing episode was caught on camera by nearby photographers. "We were approached by a few Liverpool men, and then by a bouncer of a pub," he shared. "She ushered us inside, cleared the space despite the packed venue, secured a seat for me and then sought out emergency services." When queried about his injuries, Mr Trotter shared: "My legs aren't broken, which is good. It's just my left leg where it was hit is just a good bit tender. My back's got slipped disks. I just recovered from a back injury... It's just brought it back, but 10 times worse." (Image: Jack Trotter) Mr Trotter, expecting to return home with his girlfriend on Wednesday, expressed uncertainty over his ability to travel given his condition. "We're going to have to get on with easyJet, to find a way for me to access the plane. I'm not going to be able to walk up steps anytime soon." Reflecting on the "traumatic" experience, he mentioned: "It's going to impact me for a lot of reasons. "I'm just thinking, was it actually even real? Was it, you know, a dream? We are still here. However, the worst could have happened." Following the harrowing incident, more than 50 individuals, children among them, received medical attention in various hospitals, with 11 patients currently stable, as per the police update on Tuesday. Authorities have taken the 53 year old driver into custody on allegations of attempted murder, dangerous driving, and driving under the influence of drugs. Join our Dublin Live breaking news service on WhatsApp. Click this link to receive your daily dose of Dublin Live content. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. For all the latest news from Dublin and surrounding areas visit our homepage.
Extra.ie
4 days ago
- Extra.ie
Meath family saved by Liverpool fans as car ploughed through parade
A soccer fan from Co. Meath has spoken of his family's ordeal after their lives were saved by heroic Liverpool supporters when a driver ploughed into a parade in the city on Monday. Paul O'Brien, 39, from Slane, was at the parade with his 11-year-old son, Danny, and his parents, Peter and Marie. They were in the path of the car as it drove through the crowd, but he said they were saved by four fans who pushed them aside to safety. 'It was panic, screaming, commotion,' Mr O'Brien said. 'No one knew what was going on. Was something else going to happen?' However, he said Liverpool fans 'stuck together in a moment of crisis and they stood up to it'. Police tents surrounded by debris at the scene on Water Street near the Liver Building in Liverpool city centre. Pic: Peter Byrne/PA Wire Another Irish couple also told of their trauma after the terrifying incident. Jack Trotter, who escaped the rampage with injuries to his leg and back, feared he'd never see his son again as the Ford Galaxy bore down on him and other supporters. 'It's the thought that somebody tried to seriously injure me… kill me,' Mr Trotter said last night. 'I've never had someone try and essentially kill me before. He knew fine well what he was doing. This was no accident.' Mr Trotter, from Newtownards, Co. Down, had travelled for the celebrations with his girlfriend, Abbie Gallagher. Liverpool fans Jack Trotter and Abi Gallagher, telling Sky News how they were hit by a car at the Liverpool victory parade yesterday. Pic: Sky News 'The car just started ramming through people,' he told Sky News. 'And when it got to my level, the car slowed down. I put my hands up to try and protect myself and get him to stop, but he tried to ram right through me. As he tried to ram through me I sort of dodged the middle of the bonnet but he was able to clip my legs.' He said the 'adrenaline kicked in and I got myself back up', adding: 'The first thing I done was try and get to Abbie. When I realised Abbie was okay the adrenaline went off and I realised I was in a lot of pain and collapsed on the wall and she had to lift me back up… I'm in absolute agony. I can't get it out of my head how traumatic the experience was.' Mr Trotter, who was discharged from hospital yesterday on crutches, knows how lucky he was. Pausing to compose himself, he added: 'I've got a little boy back home and it's the thought he could have been taking me away from him.' Police and emergency personnel are responding to a road traffic accident on Water Street, near the Liver Building in Liverpool. Pic: Danny Lawson/PA Wire Ms Gallagher told how she pushed herself off the bonnet of the car as it ploughed through the group they were standing with. They found themselves on either side of the people carrier, lost in the chaos and confusion. Ms Gallagher said: 'Everything was mental. Everyone was crying. I was in hysterics. I couldn't find him for at least five minutes. 'I look around, and there's people in the air. I just freaked out. I was just trying to find Jack. 'Luckily enough, he heard me screaming. He came up and said, 'I'm here'. We didn't know what to say, we were just crying.' An inflatable field tent is at the scene on Water Street near the Liver Building in Liverpool. Pic: Peter Byrne/PA Wire Mr Trotter was carried by strangers into a nearby bar, where he was treated by paramedics before being taken to hospital. Another eyewitness, called Paul, told the BBC's Radio 5 Live: 'I just can't get this picture [out of my head] of this poor lady just laid under the front of the car, it was horrendous.' As the car came to a halt, it was rushed by dozens of fans attempting to get to the driver, with some shouting: 'Kill him!' Just as the vehicle's doors were prised open, he was grabbed by police officers and bundled into a nearby van before the baying crowd could get to him. Four of the injured were children, and 27 people had to be taken to the hospital. Within three hours of the incident, Merseyside Police confirmed the arrested man was white and British – an attempt to quell social media speculation. Last night, they continued to question a 53-year-old from the West Derby area of Liverpool on suspicion of attempted murder, dangerous driving and driving while under the influence of drugs. It was always going to be an unforgettable day for the one million soccer fans who took to the city's streets to celebrate a record-equalling 20th league title. But not like this. The parade began four hours earlier: Liverpool, a sea of red; fireworks and flares peppering the sky; young and old straining to catch a glimpse of their idols – record-breaking Egyptian prince Mohamed Salah or Dutch captain Virgil van Dijk – as the club's open-top bus snaked through the city. Shortly before 6 pm, the bus passed the Liver Building. Its two iconic Liver birds are said to watch over the city and the sea. One adorns the club crest. Huge confetti cannons covered the crowd in red ticker tape as they waved scarves and flags towards the players, who in turn took out their mobile phones to film their fans back. Yet within minutes, the inexplicable actions of the driver turned these scenes of joy into barely imaginable terror, as a car-tailgaiting an ambulance heading to treat a fan for a suspected heart attack–passed a cordon and ploughed into fans, injuring 65 people. Last night, 11 remained in hospital. That no one was killed appears nothing short of a miracle. Mobile phone footage posted to social media captured the commotion. Within moments of entering Water Street, which had been blocked off to traffic, the Ford Galaxy was surrounded by hundreds of fans. Despite its odd location, many attendees initially paid it little interest, but suddenly it jerked to a halt and reversed, colliding with one. One man could then be seen kicking at the boot and punching the vehicle's rear window before it reversed again, hitting him harder. Despite the masses of reddraped limbs pleading with the driver – several fans were heard to say: 'What're you doing?' – the car lurched forward, having by now rounded the ambulance it had followed. Footage showed some supporters managing to open the driver's door, only for the man behind the wheel to wrench it closed again while beeping his horn and 'revving hard'. Eyewitness videos showed the vehicle had initially come to a halt where it was surrounded by hundreds of, by now, confused and apoplectic fans. Some were using weapons to attack the vehicle. Suddenly, it accelerated rapidly. Bodies bounced off the bonnet as it swerved at speed. It slowed momentarily before accelerating again as dozens of people were knocked over like skittles, with others trapped underneath. 'Initially, we just heard the pop, pop, pop of people just being knocked off the bonnet of a car,' Harry Rashid, who had travelled to the celebrations from Solihull, said. The footage showed fans being catapulted into the air, and some trapped under the wheels. Fire crews extracted four people, including a child, from under the vehicle. A source told that the incident was 'more road rage, not terror'. 'It seems the driver was panicked or frightened or both, but what happened next was terrible,' they said. Yesterday Britain's King Charles sent a message of support to Liverpudlians, saying: 'I know that the strength of community spirit for which your city is renowned will be a comfort and support to those in need.' Last night, Jenny Sims, assistant chief constable of Merseyside Police, defended the policing of the event and insisted there had been a 'robust' traffic plan in place. Ms Sims said there was no intelligence to suggest an attack was planned, and that armed police officers, including snipers who were deployed to rooftops around the city, were present as a safety measure. The incident is not being treated as terror-related.
Leader Live
4 days ago
- Leader Live
Liverpool crash victim ‘pleaded with driver to stop' before car smashed into him
Jack Trotter, 22, was enjoying celebrating his team's success when he found himself 'face to face' with the Ford Galaxy on Water Street in the city centre on Monday. The stricken Northern Irishman was helped by fellow fans and locals into a nearby pub until emergency services arrived to take him to hospital. Photos of the father-of-one being carried by two firemen while wearing a Liverpool scarf were on the front pages of several national papers on Tuesday. More than 50 people, including children, were treated in different hospitals (Owen Humphreys/PA) Mr Trotter, from Newtownards, County Down, escaped without serious injury and has been discharged from hospital, but fears he could be left with walking problems for weeks. He had made the trip to Liverpool with his girlfriend, Abbie Gallagher, 22, who screamed out in terror when she saw the car coming towards him. 'Abbie was a few feet ahead of me, and I was just taking videos singing with Liverpool fans I'd never even met before,' Mr Trotter told the PA news agency. 'Then I just heard her screaming my name, I put my phone down and by then I was face to face with the car. 'He had slowed down. And then I put my hands up and pleaded for him to stop, and he wasn't stopping. 'Then he clipped me.' Mr Trotter said the incident was 'very quick'. 'I did lock eyes with him,' he continued. 'People were hitting his car, shouting at him. 'Everything was very dark. Everything was very blurry. 'He had ran through me by the time I could get a good look at him. 'When the car had hit me, the adrenaline kicked in, and I didn't really, obviously feel anything. 'And then once I found my partner, the adrenaline wore off, and then I just collapsed on the wall and said 'Abbie, that's me, I'm gone'. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper during a visit to the scene (Peter Byrne/PA) Mr Trotter said bystanders helped him away from the scene before firemen took him to an ambulance. The moment was captured by nearby photographers. 'We were approached by a few Liverpool men, and then by a bouncer of a pub,' he said. 'She had brought us in, cleared everyone, even though the pub was still full, got a seat for me and and then she went and got the emergency services.' Asked about his injuries, he said: 'My legs aren't broken, which is good. It's just my left leg where it was hit is just a good bit tender. 'My back's got slipped disks. 'I just recovered from a back injury… It's just brought it back, but 10 times worse.' Mr Trotter and his girlfriend are due to fly home on Wednesday, but he said he was unsure how if he would be able to travel in his condition. 'We're going to have to get on with easyJet, to find a way for me to access the plane. 'I'm not going to be able to walk up steps anytime soon.' Describing his memories of the 'traumatic' incident, he said: 'It's going to impact me for a lot of reasons. 'I'm just thinking, was it actually even real? Was it, you know, a dream? 'We are still here. However, the worst could have happened.' More than 50 people, including children, were treated in different hospitals and 11 people remained there in a stable condition, police said in an update on Tuesday. The 53-year-old driver has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, dangerous driving and drug driving.
