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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-29T01:01:56.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nMultiple people have been struck by a car in Derby city centre.\n\nOne man is under arrest after the incident at 9.30pm today.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nIt involved a black Suzuki swift and a number of people were seriously injured, Derbyshire Constabulary has said.\n\nAmbulance crews rendered aid to those injured on the scene, before multiple people were hospitalised.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\nA man in his 30s is currently in police custody after his arrest, Derbyshire Constabulary has said.\n\nPolice officers stopped the car involved in the incident shortly after the incident happened.\n\nOne eyewitness told The Mirror described the incident as \"absolute carnage\".\n\nThey added that it was \"utterly horrific\" to see injured people \"covered in blood\" lying on the pavement and road.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nAnother eyewitness said they heard \"screaming and yelling\" during the incident.\n\nDerbyshire police said it is keen to hear from anyone who may have seen a black Suzuki Swift being driven in Derby before the incident.\n\nThe roads around the area are \"completely closed\" and the police has urged people to avoid the area completely.\n\nFriar Gate is completely closed from the junction with Curzon Street/Cheapside up to Ford Street, Derbyshire police said.\n\n### LATEST CRIME NEWS:\n\n\n\n\n  * Thieves who stole £5,000 worth of chocolate banned from EVERY Tesco\n  * Teenager arrested after huge blaze rips through historic Grade-II listed Big Mill\n  * Two men arrested after Golders Green ambulance arson attack released on bail\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThere is no ongoing risk to the public, the force added.\n\nThe Labour MP for Derby North, Catherine Atkinson, has reacted to the incident in a statement on social media.\n\nShe said: \"I am deeply shocked by reports that people have been injured in a serious incident in Derby city centre this evening.\n\n\"My thoughts are with those injured and I’m grateful to our emergency services.\"\n\nShe also urged people to follow police advice to avoid the area and for those with information to contact Derbyshire Constabulary as soon as possible.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n__A Derby local who had been inside a nearby bar told The Mirror that they came outside because \"someone said a load of people had been hit by a car\".\n\nThey said: \"Everyone was talking about it and panicking, we know people who were in other bars and thought it might have been them.\"\n\nThey added people were \"shook up\" as a result of the car ramming, and that people had been crying in response to the news.\n\nDerbyshire Constabulary told GB News no further information was yet available.\n\nGB News has contacted East Midlands Ambulance Service for comment.\n\nAnyone who can help with the investigation is urged to contact Derbyshire Constabulary on its website, Facebook, or on 101, quoting incident 1131.\n\n**_More to follow...._**\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Multiple people injured in Derby car incident with man under arrest"
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