A paramedic who was knocked over at the Liverpool parade crash said he saw Paul Doyle’s car come back towards him and believed he was in the middle of a terrorist incident.

Jay Vernon, 34, was on duty as a cycle response paramedic for North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) in Liverpool city centre on May 26 when he was called to a reported cardiac arrest in Water Street, just after the victory parade had ended.

Doyle, 54, is due to be sentenced on Monday for 31 offences related to the crash, which happened when he ploughed into crowds of fans making their way back from the city’s waterfront after the Premier League victory celebration.

Mr Vernon said he had been making his way along Water Street on foot in front of an ambulance when he was hit by Doyle’s car.

He said: “I was struck with a

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