WATCH: Liverpool ramming survivor praises 'brilliant' fans who helped him to safety

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A survivor of the Liverpool ramming incident has told GB News that he believed the driver "tried to kill him and everyone" as he recalled the "traumatising" event.A 53-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after driving his car onto the street where Liverpool FC fans were celebrating the team's victory parade in the city centre.FULL STORY HERE.

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00:00Yeah, I'm just in agony at the minute, mate, so I am.

00:03Yeah, I'm just sort of sitting finally, able to recover.

00:06I was discharged from hospital in Liverpool about 7 in the morning

00:09and had to travel all the way up to Birmingham, so I have.

00:12So, yeah, at the minute, I'm just in a lot of pain at the minute.

00:15I'm just, yeah, still quite traumatised, as you can imagine, about it all.

00:20So, OK, well, if it's all right,

00:23can you just talk me through exactly what happened to you, please?

00:26Yeah, so we had actually, it was me and my partner,

00:30we had actually met up with a couple of people also from Northern Ireland,

00:34so we'll have, and at the end of the parade, once the bus went past,

00:39we were all just sort of walking back up.

00:41I think it was Water Street, and my partner was about 10 yards ahead of me,

00:45so she was, and then I was just taking videos on my phone,

00:49just singing and dancing away with random Liverpool fans,

00:53and then I just heard a bunch of screaming,

00:54and the screaming was my girlfriend screaming for my name

00:59and just loads of screaming from people being hit,

01:01and then once I put my phone down,

01:03the car was basically face-to-face with me,

01:06and then basically what happened was I was, like,

01:10basically in the centre of the bonnet,

01:11and I put my hands up trying to get him to stop

01:13and also to protect myself,

01:15and then I had just about manoeuvred out of the way,

01:17and the driver was able to clip my legs

01:19and just sort of sent me sort of spinning around the place,

01:23and he sustained injuries to my back.

01:25So, Jack, did you make eye contact with this guy?

01:29Did you try and get out of the way, and then he aimed for you?

01:32Mate, to be honest with you, it was all so, so, so quick.

01:35Like, as soon as I put my phone down and realised what was going on,

01:39it was just sort of, you know, life or death sort of,

01:41just trying to survive, you know, get out of the way of this car.

01:44I was able to sort of lock eye contact with him for, like, half a second.

01:48So, it was, and then by that time, he just tried to floor it

01:51and just basically rammed right through me, essentially,

01:54to be honest with you, trying to kill me,

01:56trying to kill everyone else, you know, behind me

01:58and everyone else that he tried to run over.

02:00It's just terrible, to be honest with you, mate.

02:03Yeah, look, hey, I'll just stress again,

02:05at this particular moment in time,

02:06the guy's not been charged with anything.

02:08We obviously have to wait and see how things progress in that sense.

02:12You've made your... You were there.

02:13You looked into the white of this person's eyes

02:15and you've given your account of that.

02:19You know, when you look back at it now,

02:20how do you feel about the police response at the time?

02:23Because we all saw the clips and, you know,

02:26the car eventually comes to a stop

02:28and then it's, like, Liverpool fans and police,

02:31very bravely, by the way,

02:32because you don't know what this guy's got in his car.

02:33You don't know who he is. It could be a bomb. It could be anything.

02:36All trying to swarm this car.

02:37So, are you on the floor at that point, aren't you?

02:40And then people are trying to get this guy out of the car.

02:42What's happening?

02:42So, when I was hit,

02:45I was basically just sort of spying around

02:47and I'd fell into a bunch of people.

02:49And then once I got back up,

02:50the first thing I was looking for was my partner.

02:52So, it was.

02:53And then I heard her screaming.

02:54I was able to find her.

02:56So, it was.

02:56So, as soon as I found her,

02:58I just ran over to her and I gave her a big hug.

03:01And then as soon as the adrenaline wore off,

03:04I just felt the pain straight away in my back instantly

03:06and I started screaming in two hours.

03:08My back's gone.

03:09My back's gone.

03:10And then I just collapsed.

03:11And then as soon as she was able to bring me up,

03:14there was just the response team.

03:16Everyone else to the bouncers that brought me into the bar.

03:19You know, all Liverpool fans trying to help me out.

03:22They were brilliant.

03:23I thought they were.

03:23I thought they were absolutely outstanding.

03:24You know, just giving everyone the help that they need

03:27in an event that happened so, so sudden.

03:31To be honest with you,

03:31I just think the question that everyone's trying to get

03:33is how the car got there in the first place.

03:36As you can imagine,

03:39you know, this could have stopped.

03:42You know, this could have been prevented

03:43if the car hadn't have made its way there.

03:46But, you know, it happened.

03:48And to be honest with you, man,

03:49I'm just trying to think positively that,

03:51you know, I am still here.

03:52You know, I'm still...

03:53I'm able to give you this interview

03:54and I'm obviously able to get back to the other interviews.

03:56I'm still able to go home to them

03:58and buy them a wee son tomorrow.

04:00So I'm just trying to think positively.

04:01So you've got...

04:02Do you mind me asking how old your son is?

04:05He's only three.

04:07Goodness gracious me.

04:08I mean, that must be...

04:11That must have been going through your mind.

04:13I mean, last night,

04:13when I was reporting on it all last night,

04:16and, look, I'll be honest with you,

04:17I was expecting at some point to announce a death toll

04:19and that didn't come...

04:21Yeah, I was expecting it, to be honest with you.

04:23Yeah, there was a lot of...

04:24And to be fair, it probably shouldn't have happened,

04:27but there was a lot of rumours going around

04:28that, you know, that was the case.

04:30But saying that, you know,

04:31you can't really believe everything that you're told

04:33and that, you know, the likes of you guys reported

04:34or the police have told, you know,

04:37the police have came out and said

04:38that there has been a death toll.

04:40But thankfully, thankfully there hasn't.

04:42And I'm just hoping that everyone else,

04:44if there is people still in the hospital,

04:45I'm hoping that they make a speedy recovery.

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