Car ploughs into crowd celebrating PSG Champions League win in France injuring four members of same family
1 June 2025, 06:49
Four members of the same family have been seriously injured in France after a car ploughed into the group as they celebrated PSG's historic Champions League win.
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The family was celebrating on the streets of Grenoble, in the south east of France, when the vehicle rammed the group late on Saturday, French media reports.
27 police officers and 40 firefighters attended the horrific scene after a vehicle "lost control" and ploughed into the group.
The car is reported to have collided with 'four members of the same family' just before midnight, an incident that's left one woman "fighting for her life", with two others in intensive care according to authorities.
It comes after Paris St Germain were crowned kings of Europe last night for the first time in their history, with the club securing a thumping 5-0 Champions League victory over Inter Milan in Munich.
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A fourth person is said to be "extremely badly injured," an emergency services spokesman added.
The four family members were taken to nearby Grenoble Alpes University Hospital for treatment.
Footage emerging from the scene following the incident shows paramedics crowded around the injured on the city street.
Locals look on in horror as paramedics attempt to save the family.
🚨 🇫🇷 URGENT : PSG-Inter Milan : à Grenoble, une personne entre la vie et la mort en marge des festivités !
— Wolf 🐺 (@PsyGuy007) May 31, 2025
À 23h40, samedi 31 mai, un homme a perdu le contrôle de son véhicule et a percuté plusieurs passants. Il n'y a pas de notion d'acte volontaire à ce stade. pic.twitter.com/WKFvePwJLN
According to reports published by local media, the driver jumped out of the car following the incident and "attempted to escape:, before handing himself over to police.
A police prefecture provided more information on the incident, explaining "a vehicle apparently lost control" and that the driver had now surrendered to authorities and had been detained.
It comes amid violent pockets of celebration across France.
Footage emerging from Paris showed local police
In Bastille, located to the west of Paris, a 23-year-old woman was seriously injured after falling onto barriers from the famous monument.
Police also enforced barriers around the Champs-Élysées, with officers protecting major department stores in the city and steel shutters deterring looters.
Last night's match saw Achraf Hakimi and Desire Doue struck inside the opening 20 minutes to reward a dominant start as PSG became only the second French side to win the trophy after Marseille in 1993.
Trouble broke out in Paris after the game, with police making nearly 300 arrests.
Flares and fireworks were set off while bus shelters were damaged and cars set on fire.
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