Overview
- The black Suzuki Swift struck pedestrians on Friar Gate at about 9:30 pm Saturday, leaving seven people injured who were treated at the scene and taken to Royal Derby Hospital and Queen’s Medical Centre.
- Officers stopped a vehicle shortly after the collision and arrested the driver, a man in his 30s originally from India, on suspicion of attempted murder and related offences, and he remains in custody.
- Police said the victims suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries and confirmed there were no deaths, countering false reports online.
- Friar Gate remains cordoned off from Curzon Street and Cheapside to Ford Street for evidence work, and people are being urged to avoid the area.
- Detectives say the inquiry is at an early stage with the motive still unclear, and they are appealing for anyone who saw a black Suzuki Swift in Derby around that time to come forward.