'He tried to kill me!' Liverpool ramming attack survivor recalls 'traumatising' ordeal after being hit by car

In a press conference today, Merseyside Police confirmed 65 people were injured in the incident and 11 people remain in hospital in a stable condition.

Speaking to GB News of his experience of the incident, Jack Trotter told host Patrick Christys that the car "clipped his legs" and "sent him spinning" as it drove through the crowds of fans.

Recalling the ordeal, Trotter said: "Me and my partner met up with a couple of people also from Northern Ireland, and I was just taking videos on my phone, singing and dancing away with random Liverpool fans. And then I just heard a bunch of screaming.

"The screaming was my girlfriend screaming my name, and just loads of screaming from people being hit. And then once I put my phone down, the car was basically face to face with me."

Trotter then revealed what happened to him: "Basically what happened was in the centre of the bonnet, and I put my hands up trying to get them to stop and also to protect myself.

"And then I had just about manoeuvred out of the way, and the driver was able to clip my legs and just sort of sent me sort of spinning around the place, and I sustained injuries to my back."

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Asked by Patrick whether he managed to make eye contact with the driver, Trotter said: "To be honest with you, it was all so, so, so quick, as soon as I put my phone down and realised what was going on, it was just sort of life or death, just trying to survive, get out of the way of this car.

"I was able to sort of lock eye contact with him for like half a second, and then by that time he just tried to floor it and just basically ran right through me, essentially trying to kill me, trying to kill everyone else behind me and everyone else that he tried to run over. It's just terrible."

Having been discharged from hospital after receiving treatment for his injuries, Trotter admitted that he is "still in agony" and is "quite traumatised" by the incident.

Trotter told GB News: "I'm just in agony at the minute. I'm just sort of sitting, finally able to recover. I was discharged from hospital in Liverpool about seven in the morning, and had to travel all the way up to Birmingham.

"So at the minute I'm just in a lot of pain at the moment and quite traumatised as you can imagine about it all."

Hailing the support of fellow Liverpool fans, Trotter praised the "brilliant" people who helped him get to safety after the car had hit him.

He recalled: "The response team to the bouncers that brought me into the bar, all the Liverpool fans trying to help me out, they were brilliant. I thought they were absolutely outstanding, just giving everyone the help that they needed in an event that happened so suddenly.

"I'm just trying to think positively that I'm still here. I'm still I'm able to go home to my wee boy and see him tomorrow, he's only three."

He added: "Thankfully there hasn't been a death toll yet, and I'm just hoping that everyone else still in the hospital make a speedy recovery."