LIVERPOOL Parish Church today offered the eucharist “with faith in the ability of Christ’s healing love” within the wake of a automotive crash that injured dozens of individuals on town’s streets.
The incident took place on Monday evening as a parade celebrating Liverpool Football Club’s victory within the Premier League was drawing to an in depth. Police received reports just after six o’clock that a automotive had collided with pedestrians on Water Street in town centre.
Tens of hundreds of individuals took part within the parade, with the world closed to normal traffic. The ambulance service said that 27 people had been taken to hospital by ambulance “and we consider two of those, including one in all the kids, have sustained injuries deemed to be serious”. Another 20 were treated on the scene. The fire service reported that it had rescued 4 people trapped under a vehicle.
Merseyside Police said in a press release on Monday night that the automotive had stopped on the scene and a 53-year-old British male from the Liverpool area had been arrested. “We consider him to be the motive force of the vehicle. Extensive enquiries are ongoing to ascertain the circumstances leading as much as the collision and it is important that folks don’t speculate or spread misinformation on social media. . . we consider this to be an isolated incident and we usually are not currently searching for anyone else in relation to it. The incident isn’t currently being treated as terrorism.”
Water Street is situated a number of minutes’ walk from Liverpool Parish Church. An announcement published online by the church’s account early on Tuesday morning said that the church would open at nine o’clock within the morning for quiet prayer and a chance to light a candle, and that a priest can be available.
“Liverpool Parish Church is open today for prayer, because it is day by day, and can proceed to be,” the Rector-designate, Canon Philip Anderson, said. “The eucharist is being offered, with faith in the ability of Christ’s healing love, for the injured, and for all affected by yesterday’s tragic scenes. We will carry on praying for and being alongside the people of town.”
On Monday night, the Interim Bishop of Liverpool, released a prayer. “Lord may we all know your presence and peace right now. Draw near to all those that have been hurt, shocked and scared. Thank you for many who bring gifts of healing and care and help us to trust you.”
